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Mobutu, King of Zaire

Original title: Mobutu, roi du Zaïre
Year: 1999
Running time: 135 min.
Country: Belgium
Director: Thierry Michel
Screenwriter: Thierry Michel, Lye Mudaba
Cast: Documentary
Music: Marc Hérouet
Cinematography: Didier Hill-Derive, Joel Marcipont, Alain Marcoen
Producer: Canal+
Genre: Documentary
Synopsis: November 1965. With the help of the CIA, Mobutu launched a coup d'état and seized power in the former Belgian Congo. He renamed the country Zaïre and imposed on his people a peace based upon fear, violence and repression. In less than 25 years, this young sergeant of the colonial army became one of the richest and most feared men in the world. He sided with the West and built a pyramid of autocratic, predatory power, underpinned by money. He handed out favours and disgrace, and wielded absolute rule over the ruins of a country ravaged by corruption.

Awards: 1999: Nominada in European Film Awards: Best Documentary

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Mobutu, King of Zaire

1999

Thierry Michel