72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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L’avocat de la terreur / Terror’s Advocate

Barbet Schroeder
France
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Communist, anti-colonialist, right-wing extremist? What convictions guide the moral mind of Jacques Vergès? Barbet Schroeder takes us down history?s darkest paths in his attempt to illuminate the mystery behind this enigmatic figure. As a young lawyer during the Algerian war, Vergès espoused the anti-colonialist cause and defended Djamila Bouhired, obtaining her release, marrying her and having two children with her. Suddenly, at the height of an illustrious career, Vergès disappeared without trace for eight years. When he re-emerged from his mysterious absence, he took on the defense of terrorists of all kinds, from Magdalena Kopp and Anis Naccache to Carlos the Jackal, representing historical monsters such as Nazi lieutenant Klaus Barbie.
Director
Barbet Schroeder
Photography
Caroline Champetier, Jean-Luc Perreard
Edition
Nelly Quettier
Music
Jorge Arriagada
Running Time
135 m.
Country
France
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