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Portrait of God (2001) [N/A]

Featuring:
Jon Bang Carlsen

Directed by:
Jon Bang Carlsen


Release Date:
April 20, 2001

Original Title:
Portrait of God

Alternate Titles:
Portrett av Gud
Portræt af Gud

Genres:
Documentary | History

Production Companies:
C&C Productions
Det Danske Filminstitut
Norsk Filminstitutt

Production Countries:
Denmark | South Africa

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 70

How do you shadow somebody who doesn't cast a shadow?

Overview from TheMovieDB

Portrait of God is a documentary road movie about the manhunt for the most wanted person in the world. The film is constructed as a classic detective story. A middle-aged detective shadows the suspect through the highs and lows of South African society until he ends up in a gigantic prison in Cape Town bursting with murderers, thieves, and rapists.

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Overview from Open Movies

A now middle-aged director's search for the world's most wanted person - who's God? how does s/he look like?. This search, started within the walls of his own home, ultimately takes him to the gigantic Pollsmoor penitentiary in Cape Town, South Africa, where he has the chance to talk with murderers, robbers and rapists that appear to have now found comfort in religion.

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Rankings and Honors

Portrait of God (2001) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 4.2/10

Performers

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Production

Director:
Jon Bang Carlsen

Director of Photography:
Jon Bang Carlsen

Editor:
Molly Steensgaard

Music:
Jan Garbarek

Sound:
Henrik Langkilde

Writer:
Jon Bang Carlsen

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