L'attentat
Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival. Once Sadiel arrives in Paris, Darien realizes he has been manipulated. He tries to turn back the clock, not realizing what or who he’s truly dealing with.
Cast
Jean-Louis Trintignant
François Darien - un intellectuel instable
Michel Piccoli
Le colonel Kassar - le ministre de l'intérieur d'un pays du maghreb
Jean Seberg
Edith Lemoine - une infirmière gauchiste
Gian Maria Volontè
Sadiel - un leader progressiste maghrebin
Michel Bouquet
Maître Lempereur - un avocat corrompu
Bruno Cremer
Maître Michel Vigneau - l'avocat de Sadiel
Daniel Ivernel
Antoine Acconetti - un truand
Philippe Noiret
Pierre Garcin - le responsable de l'information à l'ORTF
François Périer
Le commissaire René Rouannet - un flic honnête
Roy Scheider
Michael Howard - uncorrespondant de la TV américaine