The Colonel (2006 film)

The Colonel
Film poster
Mon colonel
Directed by	Laurent Herbiet
Produced by	Salem Brahimi Costa-Gavras Jean-Pierre Dardenne Luc Dardenne Michèle Ray-Gavras
Screenplay by	Costa-Gavras Jean-Claude Grumberg Laurent Herbiet
Based on	Mon colonel by Francis Zamponi
Starring	Olivier Gourmet Robinson Stévenin Cécile de France
Music by	Armand Amar
Cinematography	Patrick Blossier
Edited by	Nicole Berckmans
Production company	K.G. Productions Les Films du Fleuve
Distributed by	Pathé
Release dates	11 September 2006 (TIFF) 5 November 2006 (France)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	France Belgium
Language	French
Budget	€ 5.2 million[1]

The Colonel (French: Mon colonel) is a 2006 French-Belgian film directed by Laurent Herbiet based on the novel by Francis Zamponi.

Plot

France, 1993. The retired Colonel Raoul Duplan is shot in his home. As the police is baffled, the young army officer Galois leads the investigation. Shortly thereafter, she receives a letter containing some diary pages of a lieutenant who served since 1955 in the Algerian war under the command Duplan and disappeared in 1957 under mysterious circumstances. Every day Galois receives a continuation of the diary in which Rossi describes in detail his ambivalent relationship to Duplan and his dirty methods. Rossi had to witness even torture and public executions. Eventually Galois recognizes, who shot Duplan.

Cast

• Olivier Gourmet : Colonel Duplan
• Robinson Stévenin : Lieutenant Guy Rossi
• Cécile de France : Lieutenant Galois
• Charles Aznavour : Père Rossi
• Bruno Solo : Commissaire Reidacher
• Eric Caravaca : René Ascensio
• Bruno Lochet : Warrant Schmeck
• Guillaume Gallienne : Le sous-préfet
• Georges Siatidis : Le capitaine Roger
• Wladimir Yordanoff : The Chief of Staff
• Thierry Hancisse : Commissaire Quitard
• Jacques Boudet : Le sénateur-maire

References

1. "Mon colonel". JP's Box-Office.

External links

• The Colonel at the Internet Movie Database