Death Squads: The French School (2003)

  • NR
  • 09/01/2003 (FR)
  • Documentary, History, Drama
  • 59m

Overview

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.

Marie-Monique Robin

Director, Writer

Cast

Anibal Acosta's headshot

Anibal Acosta

Alcides Lopez Aufranc's headshot

Alcides Lopez Aufranc

Carl Bernard's headshot

Carl Bernard

Michel Besineau's headshot

Michel Besineau

Manuel Contreras's headshot

Manuel Contreras

Self
Paul Teitgen's headshot

Paul Teitgen

Self
Pierre Messmer's headshot

Pierre Messmer

Self
Julia Urien-Cartailler's headshot

Julia Urien-Cartailler

Self

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