Written by City of God screenwriter Bráulio Mantovani, VIPs is a fictional story loosely based on Mariana Caltabiano's book about the real-life story of infamous con man Marcelo da Rocha. VIPs explores Marcelo's life as a young boy until his imprisonment in Rio de Janeiro. The intriguing adventure outlines a life spent drug trafficking and mingling with the jet set, and climaxes with the con artist's eventual undoing.
