The Great European Cigarette Mystery
(Aka The John Dalli Mystery)
The former EU commissioner of health, Mr John Dalli, recently left his post having been accused of being in the pocket of ‘big tobacco’. Two Danish journalists, Mads Brugger and Mikael Bertelsen, travel to Malta expecting to uncover proof of a vast conspiracy against Mr Dalli, when a secret source steps forward, claiming to possess documents and recordings. Mr Dalli attempts to strike a deal with the source, taking them on a disturbing, thrilling and darkly humorous odyssey from the hallways of Brussels to an island in the Caribbean Sea.
Eight years ago, Mads Brügger and Mikael Bertelsen tried to solve the murder of an EU official in 1993. A project that concluded in a dead end. Hoping to make good for their old defeat, the two journalists decide to investigate a complex case about the former EU Health Commissioner, John Dalli, who was fired under suspicion of being in the pocket of the tobacco industry.
Technical Specifications
Year 2017
Length 92 min, 58 min
Directors Mads Brügger & Jeppe Rønde
Producers Sara Stockmann, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Language Danish, English, Maltese
Production companies Sonntag Pictures, Piraya Film
Production country Denmark, Norway
Sales/Distribution DR Sales
World Premiere CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, 21.03.2017
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6704066/
Awards
CPH:DOX Award 2017: Nominee
Festivals
2017
CPH:DOX
2018
Docs Against Gravity Film Festival
