Brazil’s most notorious teenage hacker rises fast, lives large, and falls hard.
In early-2000s Brazil, young prodigy Daniel Nascimento hacks national and international servers before joining a criminal syndicate. Seduced by money, notoriety, and spectacular excess, the teenager builds a digital empire, until a Federal Police operation closes in and everything starts to collapse.
Fabrício Bittar’s propulsive biographical crime drama visits the volatile early days of Brazil’s internet boom with a keen eye and a palpable sense of energy. Drawing on the true story of hacker Daniel Nascimento, Bittar blends thriller, black comedy, archival material, and the restless visual language of MTV into a portrait of boundless adolescent power. João Guilherme shines as Daniel, capturing youthful arrogance, ingenuity, hunger, and vulnerability as his virtual exploits lead to brutal real-world consequences. Stylish and unruly, The King of the Internet charts the intoxicating ascent and inevitable collapse of a teen who mistakes opportunity for invincibility.
