Synopsis

Inspired by true events, based on the book Sympathie pour le diable by Paul Marchand. A very vulnerable man under his armor of sarcasm, fragile in spite of his bravado, strong in spite of his wounds, Paul Marchand made his reputation during the 1992-93 siege of Sarajevo. An extreme risk-taker, provocative, meticulous in his accounts of the horrors he witnessed, he wrote these famous words on his car, intended for the snipers: “Don’t Waste your Bullet I’m Immortal” and “Morituri te Salutant”. This movie tells the story of how his feeling of rebellion grew as he watched simple people trapped in a city under constant shelling, as he witnessed the apathy of the international community and the nonchalance of some of his colleagues, for whom the war was but a “good story”. In this movie, we will be immersed in the reality of a war correspondent confronted daily to brutalities, atrocities and injustices. Through adrenaline rushes and euphoric moments, torn between his sense of duty and his feeling of uselessness, this is the story of a man who ends up reliquishing his journalistic objectivity by taking sides. For which he will pay the price, as his arm is ripped from his body by a sniper’s bullet, before he is evacuated.