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L'Assassinat de Pierre Goldman (2005)

This film attempts to reveal the reasons behind the death of Pierre Goldman and the identities of his murderers. Reviewing each of the unexplained elements surrounding the murder, the director questions friends and witnesses, travels to Venezuela, Guadeloupe, and Poland and uncovers certain rare archives. In so doing, he illuminates the many shadow zones of an unusual personality, symbol of a generation who thought to change to world. 30 years later, will this film disentangle the complex web of an unsolved mystery?

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Top billed cast

Pierre GoldmanSelf (archive footage)
Alain KrivineSelf
Pierre BarouhSelf
Rémy Kolpa KopulSelf
Michaël PrazanSelf (narrator)
Jean-Luc FraisseSelf
AzuquitaSelf
Janine SochaczewskaSelf (archive footage)
Henri WeberSelf
André SénikSelf

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