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Opération Libertad

Opération Libertad

Fiction, 90 min.

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by Nicolas Wadimoff

Switzerland, May 2012

In April 1978, members of “Groupe Autonome Révolutionnaire” (GAR) rob a major bank in Zurich with the aim of bringing to light the covert ties between the Swiss financial system and dictatorships in Latin American. Wanting to secure concrete evidence, they film the entire operation. Although the bank director confesses to GAR, the Paraguayan mediator refuses to cooperate, confronting the members of GAR with difficult issues: Should they liquidate this lieutenant-colonel of the dictatorial regime’s secret service? Or take him as a hostage? What should they do with the millions they have stolen from the bank? And the agonizing, recurring question: Does the end really justify the means? Thirty years later, the videotapes of this operation resurface, thus raising a new question: How did the affair actually end at that time?

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Directed by: Nicolas Wadimoff
Written by: Nicolas Wadimoff, Jacob Berger

World Premiere: May 2012
Original Version: French (german subtitles), colour, 35mm, 90 min.

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Production: Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion AG, Akka Films, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer: Samir, Nicolas Wadimoff, Michel Merkt
Executive Producer: Joëlle Bertossa, Tunje Berns

Cinematography: Franck Rabel
Editing: Pauline Dairou, Karine Sudan
Location Sound Mix: Christophe Giovannoni
Sound Editing: Florian Eidenbenz
Rerecording Sound Mix: Florian Eidenbenz
Art Direction: Georg Bringolf
Lighting: Ernst Brunner
Costumes: Cidalia Da Costa, Sylvie Barras

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Karine Guignard
as Charlie 
Natacha Koutchoumov
as Virginie 
Laurent Capelluto
as Guy 
Stipe Erceg
as Marko 
Nuno Lopes
as Baltos 
Jonathan Genet
as Hugues 
Antonio Buil
as Vilas 
Michael Neuenschwander
as Bankier Amstutz 

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World Sales: Doc & Film International

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Distribution Switzerland: Filmcoopi Zürich AG
Distribution France: Solaris Distribution
Distribution Spain: Silenzio Films S.L.

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  • Genève/Zürich, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Prize Quartz "Best Performance in A Supporting Role" 2013
  • Liège, Festival International du film policier de Liège, Prix du Public 2013

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