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Mercenaires en quête d'auteurs

Directed by Nathalie Barton, Jean-Claude Burger, and Alain d'Aix
Canada, 1983 (documentary, 85 minutes, colour, French)
Also known as "The Mercenary Game"

Film Description:
"A film about the attempts at destabilizing small countries, Mercenaires en quête d'auteurs takes us not only to the four corners of the world but into the shadowy zone of collective hallucination. [...] The twisted threads of fiction and reality cross from North America to the Caribbean, from Europe to Black Africa and through the Indian Ocean; theatres of operation where international forces meet at the expense of unintentional players..."
-- World Film Festival / Festival des films du monde (source)

Film Credits (partial):
Written by: Alain d'Aix, Jean-Claude Burger, Morgane Laliberté
Narrator: Anthony Phelps
Cinematography: Philippe Lavalette
Film Editing: Normand Allaire
Music: Toto Bissainthe, Les Grammacks
Production Company: InformAction Films, Radio-Canada
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Notes about Mercenaires en quête d'auteurs

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