Mobutu, roi du Zaire

IMDb link: 0206944
IMDb rating: 7.7 (230 votes)
Genres: Documentary
Director: Thierry Michel
Cast: Jacques Chirac, Raymond Barre, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and others

Release date: 2 Jun 1999
Release year: 1999
Runtime: 135 minutes
Country: Belgium, France
Keywords: exploitation, zaire, territory name in title, political criminal, political leader, kleptocracy, despotic rule, dictatorship, central africa, character name in title

Plot:

Thiery Michel takes an in-depth look at the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. A man of "modest roots" who had a Catholic upbringing, Mobutu was sent to the army by his father for insubordination. Soon he would be Patrice Lumumba's right-hand man...

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