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'Plot' (, released in the US as 'The French Conspiracy') is a 1972 French-Italian political thriller film directed by Yves Boisset, inspired by the assassination of Mehdi Ben Barka in Paris. It was entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize.

Plot



The African opposition politician Sadiel lives in exile in Geneva. To take him out for good, the dictator Kassar pacts with the CIA and the French secret service. Finally, the French journalist Darien is blackmailed to ask Sadiel from his exile in Switzerland for an interview in Paris. The reporter, who understands the game after a while, cannot prevent the assassination of the politician in the end. Afterwards, an American friend of the politician kills another confidant on behalf of the CIA.

Cast



*Jean-Louis Trintignant as Franois Darien - an unstable intellectual

*Michel Piccoli as Kassar The Colonel - the interior minister of a North African country

*Jean Seberg as Edith Lemoine - a leftist nurse

*Gian Maria Volont as Sadiel - a leading Maghreb progressive

*Michel Bouquet as Matre Lempereur - a corrupt lawyer

*Bruno Cremer as Master Michel Vigneau - lawyer Sadiel

*Daniel Ivernel as Antoine Acconetti - a mobster

*Karin Schubert as Sabine

*Philippe Noiret as Pierre Garcin - the information officer at the ORTF

*Francois Perier as Commissioner Rene Rouannat - an honest cop

*Roy Scheider as Michael Howard - a correspondent for American TV

*Jacques Franois as Lestienne - the head of the French secret services

*Jean Bouise as a high-ranking French officer who covers the case

References




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