Terror's Advocate

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Terror's Advocate

2007Movie2 h 15 min1 award

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73

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Summary

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.

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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 81Audiences 66GoodWatch 74
Tomatometer87%
Metascore75
IMDb7.1
Audience score67%
User score6.0
Running time
2 h 15 min
Longer than 9 in 10 documentaries, +39 min on the typical 96
typical 96135
Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
2007
June 6, 2007
19 years ago
Genre
Documentary
Language
French
Original language
Made in
France
César Awards2008
- Best Documentary Film2008Won
and 10 more
14 people
Directing · 2
Barbet Schroeder Director, Scenario Writer
Eugénie Grandval Assistant Director
Production · 5
Rita Dagher Producer
Vincent Maraval Co-Producer
Brahim Chioua Co-Producer
Christina Crassaris Post Production Coordinator
Sylvie Balland Production Manager
Camera · 2
Jean-Luc Perreard Director of Photography
Caroline Champetier Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Nelly Quettier Editor
Sound · 4
Jorge Arriagada Original Music Composer
Dominique Hennequin Sound
Yves Coméliau Sound
Béatrice Wick Sound

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