Terror's Advocate

2007 2h 15m FR

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6.6

SOLID

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87%

FRESH

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METACRITIC

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7.1

IMDB

★6.6TMDB · 41🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●75Metacritic★7.1IMDB · 1,729

Documentary

Synopsis

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A documentary on Jacques Vergès, the controversial lawyer and former Free French Forces guerrilla, exploring how Vergès assisted, from the 1960s onwards, anti-imperialist terrorist cells operating in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. Participants interviewed include Algerian nationalists Yacef Saadi, Zohra Drif, Djamila Bouhired and Abderrahmane Benhamida, Khmer Rouge members Nuon Chea and Khieu Samphan, once far-left activists Hans-Joachim Klein and Magdalena Kopp, terrorist Carlos the Jackal, lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, neo-Nazi Ahmed Huber, Palestinian politician Bassam Abu Sharif, Lebanese politician Karim Pakradouni, political cartoonist Siné, former spy Claude Moniquet, novelist and ghostwriter Lionel Duroy, and investigative journalist Oliver Schröm.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Jacques Vergès
Self
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez
Self / Carlos the Jackal (voice)
Yacef Saâdi
Self
Magdalena Kopp
Self
Abderrahmane Benhamida
Self
Djamila Bouhared
Self
Isabelle Coutant-Peyre
Self
Jean-Paul Dollé
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Barbet Schroeder
Writers: Barbet Schroeder
Languages: Khmer, English, French, German
Countries: France

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Khmer, English, French, German.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Barbet Schroeder, shot by Caroline Champetier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jorge Arriagada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Nelly Quettier shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jacques Vergès and Ilich Ramírez Sánchez and Yacef Saâdi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1032854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Barbet Schroeder directs. Caroline Champetier behind the camera. Jorge Arriagada scores. Nelly Quettier cuts. Produced in France. Dialogue in Khmer, English, French, German.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 19 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Khmer, English, French, German.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Barbet Schroeder, shot by Caroline Champetier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Jorge Arriagada. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nelly Quettier shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jacques Vergès and Ilich Ramírez Sánchez and Yacef Saâdi carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt1032854 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.