Terror's Advocate

Terror's Advocate
Directed by Barbet Schroeder
Produced by Rita Dagher
Narrated by Barbet Schroeder
Music by Jorge Arriagada
Cinematography Caroline Champetier
Jean-Luc Perréard
Edited by Nelly Quettier
Distributed by Les Films du Losange (France)
Magnolia Pictures (USA)
Release dates
  • 2007
Running time
135 min.
Country France
Language English
French
German
Khmer

Terror's Advocate (French: L'Avocat de la terreur) is a 2007 French documentary film about Jacques Vergès.

Critical reception

The film received generally favorable reviews from critics. As of January 5, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 85% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 40 reviews.[1] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 75 out of 100, based on 17 reviews.[2]

Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times named it the 3rd best film of 2007 (along with Into Great Silence),[3] and J. Hoberman of The Village Voice named it the 8th best film of 2007.[3]

References

  1. "Terror's Advocate - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  2. "Terror's Advocate (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-01-05.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Metacritic: 2007 Film Critic Top Ten Lists". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-01-02. Retrieved 2008-01-05.

External links