Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, exchanged messages with senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) before being arrested trying to flee the country in November 2025
The Intercept Brasil portal published, on Wednesday (13), messages exchanged between the senator and pre-candidate for President, Flávio Bolsonaro (PL), and the owner of Banco Master, Daniel Vorcaro. The information revealed that it stars Jim Caviezel and is directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh.
“Imagine us defaulting on a Jim Caviezel, a Cyrus [Nowrasteh, diretor do filme]the guys, well-known in American and global cinema. Wow, it would be really bad. Every positive effect that we are sure will come with this film could have an effect raised to minus one there, man”, says Flávio, in an audio sent to the banker.
Who are the names mentioned?
Jim Caviezel, who will play Jair Bolsonarois a 57-year-old American actor known for having played Jesus in “The Passion of the Christ” (2004) and for having participated in films such as “Som da Liberdade” (2023).
Already Cyrus Nowrasteh, director of the filmis a 69-year-old American filmmaker who has worked on films for TV, such as “After the Attack”, and for cinema, such as “The Stoning of Soraya M.”. Furthermore, also He was involved in a co-production between the United States and Brazil when writing the script for “Jenipapo” (1995) with director Monique Gardenberg.
About the film
“Inspired by true events, ‘Dark Horse’ follows Jair Bolsonaro, a controversial outsider who rises from an unknown army captain to populist leader in the presidential race in a deeply polarized Brazilonly to face a deadly assassination plot that turns their fight against a corrupt system into a battle for survival, truth and the soul of a nation,” says the official synopsis, according to Deadline.
“Since its conception, when Mario [Frias, deputado federal] brought me the story of ‘Dark Horse’, it was designed not as a biographical portrait, but as a tense political thriller about power, media and faith under attack, with cultural significance not only in Brazil, but in all countries”, said the director to Deadline.
Understand the case
Daniel Vorcaro, owner of Banco Master, exchanged messages with senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) before being arrested trying to flee the country in November 2025. The information was released by the Intercept Brasil portal on Wednesday (13).
The messages indicate a negotiation in which Vorcaro committed to transferring 24 million dollars (around R$134 million at the time) to finance the film “Dark Horse”, a production that will tell the story of former president Jair Bolsonaro and is scheduled for release on September 11, 2026.
The documents indicate that at least 10 million dollars had been paid between February and May 2025 in six opportunities to finance the project. The banker’s involvement would have been negotiated directly with the pre-candidate, but there were also other intermediaries with Eduardo Bolsonaro and Mario Frias, both from PL São Paulo.
