Interview with Screenwriter Gustavo Freitas (OPERATION BROTHER SAM)

OPERATION BROTHER SAM was the winner of BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY at the August 2018 Action/Adventure/Crime/Mystery Festival.

Matthew Toffolo: What is your screenplay about?

Gustavo Freitas:During the Cold War an Intelligence Officer, haunted by the death of his wife, must stop a US Ambassador who plans to fraud the Brazilian elections. This script is based on true historical events.

2. What genres does your screenplay fall under?

This is an action / spy thriller.

3. Why should this screenplay be made into a movie?

Usually Cold War movies focus on the European setting, but there were so many interesting stories happening in Latin America in the same time period. This is a part of the History that must be told.

Few people still remember that during the sixties and the seventies the U.S. Government supported dictatorships all over South America in order to stop the Communist threat. I wanted to tell…