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-Louis Trintignant
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
A Man and a Woman (1966)
The Easy Life (1962)
Michel Piccoli
France
Best movies:
Un amour de pluie (1974)
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Jean Seberg
USA
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Airport (1970)
Breathless (1960)
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Gian Maria Volonté
Italy
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For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
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Michel Bouquet
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
Les Misérables (1982)
This Special Friendship (1964)
Bruno Cremer
France
Best movies:
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
When a Woman Meddles (1957)
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Philippe Noiret
France
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Cinema Paradiso (1988)
The Old Gun (1975)
François Périer
France
Best movies:
The Creation of the World (1957)
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Roy Scheider
USA
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Jaws (1975)
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The French Connection (1971)
Jacques François
France
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The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Jean Bouise
France
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Nigel Davenport
UK
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Michel Beaune
France
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The Confession (1970)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Karin Schubert
German Empire
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Lionel Vitrant
France
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Denis Manuel
France
Best movies:
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Second Wind (1966)
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Daniel Ivernel
France
Best movies:
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Georges Staquet
France
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André Rouyer
France
Best movies:
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Claudine Berg
France
Best movies:
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Charade (1963)
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