Carlos (2010)

NR ★ 7.0/10 339 min Crime, Drama, Thriller, History Germany, France English

Director: Olivier Assayas

Screenplay by: Dan Franck, Daniel LeConte, Olivier Assayas

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The man who hijacked the world

Description

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the French police.

Trailer

Top Cast

Edgar Ramírez Ilich Ramírez Sánchez ('Carlos')

Alexander Scheer Johannes Weinrich

Nora Waldstätten Magdalena Kopp

Talal Jurdi Kamal al-Issawi ('Ali')

Christoph Bach Hans-Joachim Klein ('Angie')

Julia Hummer Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann ('Nada')

Ahmad Kaabour Wadie Haddad

Fadi Abi Samra Michel Moukharbel

Carlos Appears on 4 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection

Criterion Collection #580

Metacritic Must-See Movies of All-Time (Metascore: 81+/100) Redux

Metacritic #137

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century

BBC #100

Newsweek The Best Films Of The 21st Century

Newsweek #27