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15 November 2006 (France) morePlot:
A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
A cautionary tale on post-colonialism more (6 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Olivier Gourmet | ... | Le colonel Raoul Duplan | |
| Robinson Stévenin | ... | Le lieutenant Guy Rossi | |
| Cécile De France | ... | Le lieutenant Galois | |
| Charles Aznavour | ... | le père Rossi | |
| Bruno Solo | ... | Le commandant Reidacher | |
| Eric Caravaca | ... | René Ascensio | |
| Guillaume Gallienne | ... | Le sous-préfet | |
| Georges Siatidis | ... | Le capitaine Roger | |
| Thierry Hancisse | ... | Commissaire Quitard | |
| Jacques Boudet | ... | Le sénateur-maire | |
| Wladimir Yordanoff | ... | Le chef d'état-major | |
| Bruno Lochet | ... | L'adjudant Schmeck | |
| Hervé Pauchon | ... | Le commandant de Villedieu | |
| Christophe Rouzaud | ... | Le général Bibendum | |
| Philippe Chevallier | ... | Le directeur de l'école |
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Canada:110 min (Toronto International Film Festival)Language:
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2.35 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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The fictitious Colonel Duplan is based on three real-life French officers. moreFAQ
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Laurent Herbiet's near-perfect film plays out like a post-mortem murder mystery, but perhaps its most engaging moments are spent in the past - filmed in gritty, black and white, evoking newsreel footage from the Algerian War of the late 50s. It is a stunning first film, which manages to both incorporate and shrug off the influence of producers the Dardenne brothers and politically-minded filmmaker Costa-Gavras. This is clearly Herbiet's show, and his confidence with the camera is highly evident here.
As co-writer and producer Costa-Gavras mentioned in his preamble at the 2006 Toronto Int'l Film Festival, this film is less about history than a metaphor for the present. One sees frightening parallels to the recent wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Lebanon. Olivier Gourmet gives a riveting performance as the morally flexible titular character, and Robinson Stévenin is convincingly sympathetic as the conflicted apprentice and unwilling accomplice Lt. Rossi.
It's worth seeing, despite a lackluster framing device that betrays the immediacy of scenes set in the past.