Rebellion (2011)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | rebellion |
| Original title | L'ordre et la morale |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2011 |
| length | 136 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mathieu Kassovitz |
| script | Mathieu Kassovitz Pierre Geller Benoît Jaubert |
| production | Mathieu Kassovitz Christophe Rossignon |
| music | Klaus Badelt |
| camera | Marc Koninckx |
| cut |
Thomas Beard Lionel Devuyst Mathieu Kassovitz |
| occupation | |
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Rebellion is a French drama directed by Mathieu Kassovitz from 2011. It deals with the hostage-taking of Ouvéa , which ended bloody in 1988.
action
On April 22, 1988, 30 members of the National Gendarmerie on Ouvéa, New Caledonia , were taken hostage and abducted by locals. Four police officers from the station were also killed during the hostage situation. Philippe Legorjus from the GIGN anti-terrorist unit is sent to Ouvéa with some of his men as negotiators in order to secure the release of the hostages. On site, the men of the gendarmerie, including the GIGN, realize that they will not be in charge if the hostage is liberated. The day before, Prime Minister Jacques Chirac ordered the military under General Vidal to visit the islands. The gendarmerie and the military agree that the military is in charge of Ouvéa and thus on site, while the gendarmerie general Jérôme, who has come with Legorjus, goes back to the main island of Nouméa . Legorjus is now subordinate to Vidal.
Disguised as a parachutist group, Legorjus and his men begin to look for the hostages. These were divided into two groups by the locals in the north and south of the island. The search initially remains unsuccessful, which results in political pressure. In France there are currently presidential elections, with François Mitterrand running against the challenger Jacques Chirac. The hostage-taking took place shortly before the elections, now a second ballot is due in twelve days. In any case, the affair should end before the election.
Surprisingly, the hostages in the south are released and the hostage-takers are arrested without bloodshed. It becomes clear that the hostage-takers are not terrorists, but simple soldiers and villagers. They wanted to capture gendarmerie bases on behalf of the Kanak Socialist Front for National Liberation (FLNKS) to express their demands for the independence of New Caledonia and to demonstrate against the laws of the Minister of the French Overseas Territories, Bernard Pons. There shouldn't be any deaths.
Philippe Legorjus and his men manage to locate the second group of hostages. The local deputy public prosecutor Jean Bianconi offers to mediate, but he is accompanied by Legorjus for his own protection. Both are taken hostage, as are six others by Legorjus' men. Legorjus, however, manages to enter into dialogue with the leader of the hostage takers, Alphonse Dianou. This describes Legorjus his motivation, including the fear of losing traditions in the event of further dependence on France. He demands the withdrawal of the military from a nearby city and contact with the head of the FLNKS, Franck Wahuzue, from whom he hopes to give instructions on how to proceed. Legorjus manages to get the troops to withdraw. Wahuzue, however, refuses to enter into a dialogue with the hostage-takers or France, as the FLNKS is viewed by the French state as a terrorist unit.
Legorjus is becoming increasingly clear that neither President Mitterrand nor Prime Minister Chirac are interested in a peaceful solution to the hostage situation. Although he has won Alphonse Dianou's trust, he is not allowed to return to the hostages. Since Alphonse Dianou's aim is to communicate the demand for independence to the world public, Legorjus organizes a camera team to whom he should communicate his demands. The plan that would result in the release of the hostages is stopped by Bernard Pons. It has long been clear that the hostage-taking of Ouvéa is to be resolved militarily, with scenarios extending to the use of bombs and napalm . Legorjus is now primarily concerned with saving the hostages' lives. Jean Bianconi, who was also released by the hostage-takers and has since acted as an intermediary, smuggles weapons to the hostages. During "Operation Victor", which followed on May 5, 1988, the hostage-taking was ended by the GIGN and parachute troops including flamethrowers . 19 hostage-takers die, including Alphonse Dianou, from failure to provide assistance. It later emerges that some hostage-takers were murdered when they had already surrendered. Two soldiers are killed and one seriously injured during the liberation operation. The hostages survive. Shortly afterwards, Mitterrand is confirmed as President of France. The Matignon Agreement, which was passed soon after, guarantees New Caledonia talks on self-determination and a general amnesty . A referendum in 2014 will decide on New Caledonia's independence from France.
production
Rebellion is based on the book Enquête sur Ouvéa by Philippe Legorjus, in which he describes the events of the hostage-taking and the unsuccessful mediation from his point of view. Legorjus is portrayed in the film by Mathieu Kassovitz, who also directed, wrote the script and co-produced the film. Rebellion was filmed from September to November 2010 and with a budget of around 15 million euros, mainly in French Polynesia . The costumes were created by Agnès Beziers , the film structures are by Bruno Coupe , Emmanuelle Cuillery and Giuseppe Ponturo .
Rebellion hit French cinemas on November 16, 2011, where it was seen by around 152,000 viewers. At the end of October 2011, the film distributor in New Caledonia decided not to show the film on location, as it would open old wounds again. In Germany, the film was released directly on DVD in December 2012.
criticism
"Politically committed, passionately staged and acted drama," said the lexicon of international film . Cinema described the film as a "sobering action drama about the aftermath of French colonial politics".
Le Figaro wrote that the film seemed overloaded after a long period of creation. Kassovitz could not decide on a cinematic design and was therefore constantly switching from one to the other. The end product does not look like a director's seventh feature film, but like a naive early work. However, the drawing of the military and its customs should be positively emphasized, which is otherwise rather neglected in French films. The film was formally masterful, but very one-sided, was Le Figaro , and noted that Kassovitz wasreworking the storywith rebellion . Rebellion is both a war film and a political pamphlet .
Awards
In 2012 Rebellion was nominated for a César in the Best Adapted Screenplay category (Mathieu Kassovitz, Pierre Geller, Benoît Jaubert). Mathieu Kassovitz was nominated for an ARRI Prize for Best International Film at the Munich Film Festival.
Web links
- Rebellion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Rebellion at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Rebellion in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for Rebellion . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2012 (PDF; test number: 136 066 V).
- ↑ Secrets tournage - Dates et lieux de tournage on allocine.fr
- ↑ L'ordre at la morale on allocine.fr
- ↑ "rouvre des plaies qui s'étaient cicatrisées" See Secrets tournage - "L'Ordre et la Morale" interdit en Nouvelle Calédonie on allocine.fr
- ↑ Rebellion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ^ Thomas Sotinel: "L'Ordre et la Morale": Kassovitz retourne vers l'enfer d'Ouvéa . lemonde.fr, November 15, 2011.
- ↑ Olivier Delcroix: L'Ordre et la Morale réécrit l'histoire . lefigaro.fr, November 16, 2011.
- ↑ Nominations and Awards in the Internet Movie Database