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Death Squadrons: The French School
8.3 / 10• 2003• 59m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistoryDrama
Storyline
After the Battle of Algiers, France and its army exported, as true experts, anti-subversive methods to Latin America and the United States in the 1960s. After more than a year of investigation in Argentina , in Chile, Brazil, the United States and France, the director collected, sometimes under the cover of a hidden camera, recorded conversations, the exclusive testimonies of the main protagonists. From General Aussaresses to former Minister of the Armed Forces Pierre Messmer, including General Reynaldo Bignone (head of the military junta in Argentina from 1982 to 1984), General Albano Harguindéguy, General Manuel Contreras, and Generals John Johns and Carl Bernard, this investigation gives us a hidden reality of the country of Human Rights.
Cast & Crew
AA
Anibal Acosta
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LeadAL
Alcides Lopez Aufranc
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Carl Bernard
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MB
Michel Besineau
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MC
Manuel Contreras
Self
Paul Teitgen
Self
Pierre Messmer
Self
Julia Urien-Cartailler
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Marie-Monique Robin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Death Squadrons: The French School is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
