Directed by:
Yves BoissetCinematography:
Ricardo AronovichComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Jean-Louis Trintignant, Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg, Gian Maria Volonté, Michel Bouquet, Bruno Cremer, Philippe Noiret, François Périer, Roy Scheider (more)Plots(1)
L'Attentat is a political thriller based largely on a true story (the Ben Barka affair), which recounts how the French government and the American CIA connived to have a socialist in exile murdered before he could return to his homeland and start a revolution. Darien, a French journalist (Jean-Louis Tritignant), lures his friend Sadiel (Gian Maria Volonte) from his safe refuge in Geneva to appear on an American-made TV show. In doing so he is, perhaps unwittingly, setting him up for murder. Captured at the border by the French police, Sadiel is given over to a mysterious general from another country who tortures him to try to find out who his supporters are. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jean Bouchaud
France
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Jean-Louis Tristan
France
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Marc Mazza
France
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Jean-François Calvé
France
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Pierre Santini
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Aude Loring
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Roland Blanche
France
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Jean-Pierre Moreux
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Jacques Richard
France
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Jean-Pierre Castaldi
France
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Myriam Mézières
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