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Summary:
An examination of the career of Jacques Vergès (1925- ), attorney for members of Algeria's FLN, Palestine's FPLP, the Khmer Rouge, Carlos and associates, Klaus Barbie, and other revolutionaries and outcasts. Archival footage, news articles, and photographs mix with contemporary interviews of Vergès, friends, associates, and historians. Connections with Nazis are explored, as well as Vergès's marriage to Djamila Bouhared, his courtroom methods, his disappearance from 1970 to 1978, and the roots of his radicalism. Throughout, Vergès remains playful and charming, with a soupçon of arrogance. The film suggests Vergès's anti-colonial nature is at his center.
| Runtime: | 135 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) |
| Genres: | Biography, History, Documentary |
| Country: | France |
| Languages: | English, German, French, Khmer |
| Home Release Date: | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Barbet Schroeder | Director |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Jacques Vergès | Himself |
| Klaus Barbie | Himself |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Abderrahmane Benhamida | Himself |
| Bachir Boumaâza | Himself |
| Bassam Abu Sharif | Himself |
| Carlos | Himself |
| Djamila Bouhared | Herself |
| Guillaume Durand | Himself |
| Isabelle Coutant-Peyre | Herself |
| Jean-Paul Dollé | Himself |
| Lionel Duroy | Himself |
| Louis Caprioli | Himself |
| Maître Brahimi | Himself |
| Nuon Chea | Himself |
| Zohra Drif-Bitat | Herself |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Brahim Chioua | Co-Producer |
| Rita Dagher | Producer |
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