Breaking the Taboo

2011•1h 20m•

★7.1(32 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Narrated by Morgan Freeman, this groundbreaking new documentary uncovers the UN sanctioned war on drugs, charting its origins and its devastating impact on countries like the USA, Colombia and Russia. Featuring prominent statesmen including Presidents Clinton and Carter, the film follows The Global Commission on Drug Policy on a mission to break the political taboo and expose the biggest failure of global policy in the last 50 years

Director

Fernando Grostein Andrade

Writers

Fernando Grostein Andrade, Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Thomaz Souto Corrêa, Ricardo Setti, Bruno R. Modolo, Carolina Kotscho

Watchlist

Main Cast

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Self

Vitor Onofre

Self

Breaking the Taboo

2011•1h 20m•

★7.1(32 ratings)

Documentary

Overview

Director

Fernando Grostein Andrade

Writers

Fernando Grostein Andrade, Ilona Szabó de Carvalho, Thomaz Souto Corrêa, Ricardo Setti, Bruno R. Modolo, Carolina Kotscho

Watchlist

Main Cast

Richard Nixon

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Self

Vitor Onofre

Self

Full Crew

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Fernando Grostein Andrade
Director of Photography: Rafael Levy

Editing

Editor: Jair Peres
Editor: Leticia Giffoni

Did You Know?

The original title is "Quebrando o Tabu" (PT).

The production budget was $2.0M.

The runtime is 80 minutes (1h 20m).

It was a co-production between: Brazil, United Kingdom.

The film was directed by Fernando Grostein Andrade.

The screenplay was written by Fernando Grostein Andrade and Ilona Szabó de Carvalho.

Cinematography was handled by Fernando Grostein Andrade.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt1951090.

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7.1/10

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32 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Quebrando o Tabu

Status:

Released

Language:

Português

Country of Origin:

Brazil, United Kingdom

Budget:

$2,000,000

Production Companies:

Sundog Pictures

Spray Filmes

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Breaking the Taboo

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Vitor Onofre

Breaking the Taboo

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Richard Nixon

Ronald Reagan

Fernando Henrique Cardoso

Vitor Onofre

Allan Turnowski

Carlos Oliveira

Dráuzio Varella

Bill Clinton

Ethan Nadelmann

Jimmy Carter

Ernesto Zedillo

Carlos Fuentes

Full Crew

Direction

Writing

Production

Cinematography

Editing

Did You Know?

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