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DR Sales Boards Explosive Mads Brügger Series ‘The Black Swan’: ‘Like ‘The Sopranos’ in Real Life’ (EXCLUSIVE)
The sensational Danish documentary series from Sundance winning filmmaker Mads Brügger debuts Feb. 17 at the European Film Market.
If the Panama Papers have become a byword for exposure of corruption and financial fraud around the world, “ The Black Swan ” (“Den Sorte Swane”) by Denmark’s own truth-seeking and Sundance winner Mads Brügger is poised to have a similar long-lasting effect on the Scandinavian country. Cleverly summarised by DR Sales with the Shakespearian logline “something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” the show is pinned by Kim Christiansen, the shingle’s executive producer, in charge of documentaries and co-productions, as “kind of ‘The Sopranos’ in real life, where the underworld meets the upperworld, plotting their next big target. Over six months, the office turned into a hub for nearly 20 hardcore criminals, bikers and gang members, as well as high-flying lawyers, businessmen and major contractors, all involved in tax fraud, disposal of contaminated soil, money laundering and sometimes even torture of informants.
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