We just do t know, and unfortunately, this documentary doesn't give us a whole lot of information about his alleged crimes to make up our minds. What we are told, is that Carlos Ghson is considered a brilliant businessman, first rising up the ranks of Renault, where he is the chosen successor to its ceo, to the ceo of Japanese car giant Nissan, when Renault and Nissan join forces.
Turning around both companies by cutting costs and getting results, Ghson is celebrated as a rock star in Japan, and in the business world. But pride goes before a fall, and before long, Ghson starts believing his own press. He becomes increasingly reliant on hangers on, and loses touch with the real world. In an even bigger show of hubris, he takes the reins of both Nissan and Renault at the same time. Unheard of in the business world, which requires him to be in Japan or France at virtually the same time. Unfortunately, this is where the film falls a bit flat. We are told that Japanese regulators arrest Ghson for embezzling company funds. The film talks of real estate deals in Rio, Lebanon, and NY, and a large party thrown by Ghson at the palace of Versailles, but we dont know, and are not told what is actually illegal about this. Ghson, in voice over even says that the real estate holdings were signed off on by the respective companies!
Ghson, in prison in Japan, where 99% of arrestees are convicted, is convinced he'd never get a fair trial devises a plan that, in retrospect, is genius in its simplicity. Out on bail, Ghson is smuggled out of the country in music cases, which amazingly are not x rayed by airport security!
An interesting film, that would have been better served delving more into the alleged crimes of Mr. Ghson, but as it stands, was an interesting watch.
Turning around both companies by cutting costs and getting results, Ghson is celebrated as a rock star in Japan, and in the business world. But pride goes before a fall, and before long, Ghson starts believing his own press. He becomes increasingly reliant on hangers on, and loses touch with the real world. In an even bigger show of hubris, he takes the reins of both Nissan and Renault at the same time. Unheard of in the business world, which requires him to be in Japan or France at virtually the same time. Unfortunately, this is where the film falls a bit flat. We are told that Japanese regulators arrest Ghson for embezzling company funds. The film talks of real estate deals in Rio, Lebanon, and NY, and a large party thrown by Ghson at the palace of Versailles, but we dont know, and are not told what is actually illegal about this. Ghson, in voice over even says that the real estate holdings were signed off on by the respective companies!
Ghson, in prison in Japan, where 99% of arrestees are convicted, is convinced he'd never get a fair trial devises a plan that, in retrospect, is genius in its simplicity. Out on bail, Ghson is smuggled out of the country in music cases, which amazingly are not x rayed by airport security!
An interesting film, that would have been better served delving more into the alleged crimes of Mr. Ghson, but as it stands, was an interesting watch.