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A biopic about Brazil’s jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro is in production, his son Carlos has confirmed.

In a post shared on X after his brother, Flavio, entered the country’s 2026 presidential race, Carlos lavished praise on American actor Jim Caviezel, who stars as the ex-president in the film.

“Jim Caviezel, thank you for everything,” Carlos wrote, describing the “Passion of the Christ” actor as a figure whose legacy would be “admired by good people and envied by those who seek destruction.”

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Carlos added that working with Caviezel had given him “one of the greatest gifts” of his life, before closing with, “God, Jesus and Freedom.”

Caviezel has been l

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