Portrait of God

2001 • Directed by

Jon Bang Carlsen

Documentary, History

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

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.