Carlos (2010)

Directed by

Olivier Assayas

Genre

drama film, fiction

Country

Germany, France

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

16

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 56 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows the life of Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal from his first attacks in 1973 until his arrest in 1994. It shows his political motivations and the violent operations he led across Europe and the Middle East.

intensesprawlingurgentcoldmethodicaljournalisticgrittysuspenseful

What happens

Carlos, also known as Carlos the Jackal, is a 2010 biographical film and television miniseries about the life of Venezuelan terrorist Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, nicknamed Carlos the Jackal, covering his first series of attacks in 1973 until his arrest in 1994. It premiered as a three-part miniseries on French pay channel Canal+, with the three parts airing on 19 May, 26 May and 2 June 2010. On the same day it premiered on Canal+, the full 5½-hour version was also shown out of competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Daniel Leconte, of French production company Film En Stock, and Jens Meuer, of German production company Egoli Tossell Film, in association with Canal+ and French Arte, it was directed by Olivier Assayas from a screenplay by Leconte, Assayas and Dan Franck, and stars Édgar Ramírez as Carlos. The film exists both as a three-part miniseries and a feature film of various lengths between 319 and 338 minutes, as well as in several abridged versions, ranging from 187 minutes (German cinema version) to 166 minutes (US video-on-demand version). Classified as a theatrical film and as a TV film/TV miniseries, Carlos has been awarded both theatrical awards and TV awards; among them the 2010 Golden Globe award for the Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, the 2010 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film and for Best Director, the National Society of Film Critics 2010 award for Best Director, the New York Film Critics Circle 2010 award for Best Foreign Language Film, the 2010 European Film Award for Best Editor, the 2010 Critics Award for Best Film at the São Paulo International Film Festival, and Édgar Ramírez won the 2010 César Award for Most Promising Actor. In a 2016 international critics' poll conducted by BBC the film version of Carlos, Toni Erdmann, and Requiem for a Dream were tied for 100th place in a list of the 100 greatest motion pictures since 2000. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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