Sergio

Sergio (2009)

Charismatic, charming and complex, Sérgio Vieira de Mello was the world's go-to guy, a man who could descend into the most dangerous places, charm the worst war criminals, and somehow protect the lives of the ordinary people to whom he'd devoted his life. The documentary tells the story of his most treacherous mission ever... a mission in which his own life hangs in the balance.

Date of release
2009-01-20
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Greg Barker

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sundance Editing Award Documentary

Sergio is a 2009 documentary film based on Samantha Power's biography, Sergio: One Man's Fight to Save the World. The film revolves around the story of a Brazilian United Nations diplomat, Sérgio Vieira de Mello who worked for the UN for more than 34 years and was ultimately killed in the Canal Hotel bombing in Iraq on August 19, 2003. The work includes extensive interviews with William von Zehle, a U.S. Army First Sergeant in 2003, who spent hours trying to rescue de Mello from under a 9m stack of concrete and other debris of the collapsed building.

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