News > Alice Braga Joins Repossession Mambo

Written by David Morgan

Alice Braga has earned herself the female lead in the futuristic thriller Repossession Mambo, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. Law plays Remy, a repo-man made up of artificial organs who receives a heart transplant he can't completely afford, so he goes on the run from his former partner (Whitaker, presumably).

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Braga plays "Beth, who married but lost touch with Remy while he was serving in the Army. Ten years later, Beth – down on her luck and retrofitted with artificial organs – is reunited with Remy as they seek to run."

I like the idea of "losing touch" with a spouse. Not divorce or separation, it's like they just forgot to keep correspondence. Miguel Sapochnik is directing from a script by Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner, based on Garcia's novel.