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L'Ordre et la Morale (2011)

L'Ordre et la Morale (English: Rebellion) is a French historical drama about the Ouvéa cave hostage taking incident that took place from 22 April 1988 to 5 May 1988. It is told from the perspective of the lead hostage negotiator during the incident, Captain Phillipe Legorjus. Mathieu Kassovitz directed, co-wrote, and starred in this film

Plot Summary

The film opens with a flashback, in which Captain Legorjus is attempting to remember the events that took place on Ouvéa. Cut to present time, Captain Legorjus is woken up by a phone call that notifies him of an uprising by the local populace, which the film refers to as Kenak. Captain Legorjus learns that four Gendarmes are killed with more taken hostage. Upon arrival on New Caledonia Captain Legorjus and his commanding officer learn that they are being placed under the authority of the French Army, which at the time was unheard of because New Caledonia is a French Colony and normally falls under the jurisdiction of the Gendarmerie. During the initial briefing Captain Legorjus learns that there are two groups of hostages, one on the north side on the island and one on the south side. After some time, Captain Legorjus learns that the hostages on the south side of the island were freed due the the successful negotiation of a colleague. With some hope of negotiating with the hostage takers, Captain Legorjus proceeds with a local magistrate and his team to try to negotiate with the leader of the group, Alphonse Dianou. It did not go well, as Captain Legorjus, the magistrate and six of his men are taken hostage. During his time as prisoner, Captain Legorjus manages to convince Alphonse to open a dialogue with the French officials on New Caledonia in hopes of finding a peaceful solution to the situation. Captain Legorjus now a liason between the French government and the hostage takers learns that, while the French officials are more concerned with the upcoming election, all the hostage takes want is independence from French rule. Captain Legorjus learns that Bernard Pons the minister for Overseas Territories is against a peaceful resolution because it would take too long and with the impending election Pons felt he had other, more important, things to worry about. Furthermore, Legorjus learns that because of the rich Nickel deposits on the island, the mining of the mineral is causing the destruction and pollution of local land. Sympathetic to the plight of the seperatists, Legorjus arranges for journalists to go to the cave to give Alphonse a television interview to tell the world about their struggle for independence and to show the world that they are not savages who cannibalize their victims. However, before Legorjus can bring the journalists to the cave, the French president authorized Operation Victor, this entailed the deployment of special forces to neutralise the threat and rescue the hostages. After a confusing and chaotic firefight, 19 separatists were killed, along with two French soldiers. In the aftermath, it is discovered that the French military carried out numerous war crimes, including the execution of 12 separatists and the denial of medical treatment to Alhponse Dianou, who was wounded in the leg and later died from his treatable wound. Captain Legorjus left the GIGN.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film received a 95% score from critics and a 78% score from the audience. The IMDB rating for the film is 7.0 Mark Wilson atDog and Wolf, a film review magazine, says that L'Ordre et la Moral is a "truthful retelling of the dirty politics of following orders and betrayal". The Hollywood Reporter, however, has a more negative opinion on the film, calling it "over-researched, under-dramatized and overlong".

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Rebellion (2011 film)