Reporter vermisst
M.I.A. Missing in Action
Un Reporter a disparu
2002
Germany
58 minutes
French; German
On 4th April 1970, Gilles Caron, a well-known and experienced reporter, went missing on mission in Cambodia. He had left his hotel in Phnom Penh to take photos of the fighting inside the country. An accident or a kidnapping? The mystery remains even today. His wife, Marianne, and Raymond Depardon, his friend, talk about Gilles and his work, as well as the immense void his absence leaves. Around this central character, various reporter-photographers who covered the Kosovo conflict and Brice Fleutiaux, a young reporter taken hostage in Chechnya’talk about their profession, the responsibilities involved, the need to testify, and the vocation that pushes them into the face of danger, with a mixture of horror and fascination.
Production :
Arte; Zero Film; SWR Südwestrundfunk
Arte; Zero Film; SWR Südwestrundfunk