"Sergio" is the new biographical drama feature, about 'United Nations' diplomat 'Sérgio Vieira de Mello', directed by Greg Barker, starring Wagner Moura, Ana de Armas, Garret Dillahunt, Clemens Schick, Will Dalton, Bradley Whitford and Brían F. O'Byrne, now streaming on Netflix:
"...in 2003 the Un 'Special Rep' in Iraq 'Sérgio Vieira de Mello' is a victim of a bombing and becomes trapped in the basement of the hotel where he was working in Baghdad.
"Three months earlier against the advice of his girlfriend and co-worker 'Carolina' (Ana de Armas), Sergio decides to go to Baghdad after the 2003 invasion of Iraq in order to help Iraqis achieve independence and negotiate the withdrawal of American troops. He soon comes to a disagreement with American diplomat 'Paul Bremer' who disagrees with his methods..."
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"...in 2003 the Un 'Special Rep' in Iraq 'Sérgio Vieira de Mello' is a victim of a bombing and becomes trapped in the basement of the hotel where he was working in Baghdad.
"Three months earlier against the advice of his girlfriend and co-worker 'Carolina' (Ana de Armas), Sergio decides to go to Baghdad after the 2003 invasion of Iraq in order to help Iraqis achieve independence and negotiate the withdrawal of American troops. He soon comes to a disagreement with American diplomat 'Paul Bremer' who disagrees with his methods..."
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- 4/20/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Director Greg Barker doesn’t quite have the track record or the mystique of Werner Herzog, but he enters Herzogian territory with “Sergio,” his drama about United Nations diplomat Sergio Vieira de Mello that premieres on Netflix on Friday.
Barker’s new “Sergio,” which stars “Narcos” star Wagner Moura as the celebrated Brazilian who worked for peace around the world for more than 30 years, is the second “Sergio” that the director has made, the first being his 2009 documentary. That puts Barker in the company of a small group of directors who’ve made a documentary about a subject, and then later adapted the same story into a narrative feature – among them Herzog with his 1997 documentary “Little Dieter Needs to Fly,” about Vietnam War Pow Dieter Dengler, and his 2006 feature “Rescue Dawn, which starred Christian Bale as Dengler; Dan Krauss with the 2013 doc and 2019 narrative features “The Kill Team”; and Fenton Bailey...
Barker’s new “Sergio,” which stars “Narcos” star Wagner Moura as the celebrated Brazilian who worked for peace around the world for more than 30 years, is the second “Sergio” that the director has made, the first being his 2009 documentary. That puts Barker in the company of a small group of directors who’ve made a documentary about a subject, and then later adapted the same story into a narrative feature – among them Herzog with his 1997 documentary “Little Dieter Needs to Fly,” about Vietnam War Pow Dieter Dengler, and his 2006 feature “Rescue Dawn, which starred Christian Bale as Dengler; Dan Krauss with the 2013 doc and 2019 narrative features “The Kill Team”; and Fenton Bailey...
- 4/15/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
If a movie about geopolitics centered around the true story of “Sergio” Vieira de Mello, a United Nations diplomat from Brazil, doesn’t strike you as must-viewing during a pandemic, you couldn’t be more wrong. What better time to celebrate a man who put human rights above politics as usual? Sergio, a Sundance sleeper debuting on Netflix on April 17th, is history brought to life, with a few extra bells, whistles, and caveats. Director Greg Barker, working from a frustratingly soft script by Craig Borten, takes dramatic license with...
- 4/15/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
There is a Robert Frost poem called “Escapist – Never” which provides a frequent refrain in Greg Barker’s deeply admiring but drawn-out biopic of Brazilian diplomat and U.N. leading light Sergio Vieira de Mello. “It is the future that creates his present,” runs the penultimate line, and the handsome, heroic, charismatic de Mello (played with persuasive charm by Wagner Moura) certainly does seem like a man whose present was shaped by the future — specifically by the better, brighter, freer global future he believed the U.N. could be instrumental in achieving and that he personally could help midwife into being.
Such noble intentions and such impact on world affairs does render understandable Barker’s rather starry-eyed approach, but in its unnecessary length and sentimental emphasis on the man’s romantic life, “Sergio” more often, intentionally and otherwise, evokes the “interminable chain of longing” of the poem’s celebrated last line.
Such noble intentions and such impact on world affairs does render understandable Barker’s rather starry-eyed approach, but in its unnecessary length and sentimental emphasis on the man’s romantic life, “Sergio” more often, intentionally and otherwise, evokes the “interminable chain of longing” of the poem’s celebrated last line.
- 1/30/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
We will see a lot of Commander Joseph Lawrence on the upcoming third season on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Bradley Whitford, who was introduced in the last two episodes of Season 2, has closed a one-year deal to reprise the character as a series regular in Season 3. Additionally, the Emmy winner recently booked two movies, Call of the Wild and Sergio.
Whitford’s Commander Lawrence is an architect of Gilead, an economist pulled out of academic obscurity to create a system that has succeeded far beyond his wildest imaginings, and his worst nightmares. His combative relationship with June and tenuous allegiance to the regime spur a chain of events felt throughout Gilead. The character was an instant standout when introduced at the end of Season 2, and creator Bruce Miller hinted in July that Whitford would be back.
Whitford recently wrapped production on the 20th Century Fox movie Call of the Wild,...
Whitford’s Commander Lawrence is an architect of Gilead, an economist pulled out of academic obscurity to create a system that has succeeded far beyond his wildest imaginings, and his worst nightmares. His combative relationship with June and tenuous allegiance to the regime spur a chain of events felt throughout Gilead. The character was an instant standout when introduced at the end of Season 2, and creator Bruce Miller hinted in July that Whitford would be back.
Whitford recently wrapped production on the 20th Century Fox movie Call of the Wild,...
- 10/5/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
American Sniper has once again come out on top at the box office, bringing in a record-breaking $31.9 million over Super Bowl weekend. But the film's latest success comes at a bittersweet time as Monday marks the two-year anniversary of Chris Kyle's death. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared Feb. 2 as "Chris Kyle Day," honoring the Navy Seal whose story inspired the film that has become the highest-grossing war-themed movie ever. (American Sniper has already brought in $248.9 million in six weeks, beating out previous record-holder Saving Private Ryan.) Kyle was famously killed in 2013 while he was mentoring Eddie Ray Routh,...
- 2/3/2015
- by Maria Mercedes Lara, @maria_mercedes
- PEOPLE.com
Should the members of the Bush administration most responsible to invading Iraq be "allowed" to criticize President Barack Obama about his handling of the current crisis in that country? That's a question that has been getting a good deal of play this week as people like Paul Bremer, Paul Wolfowitz and Dick Cheney make the cable news rounds to offer their "expert" opinions on what should be done in Iraq today.
- 6/19/2014
- by Matt Wilstein
- Mediaite - TV
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