Reporters

The press is called the Fourth Power. The Power in opposition to the other three: the executive, the legislative and the judiciary. But what is the situation today? Is the press still a counter-power or does it favor the game of the powers that be? How can we gauge the influence of the media on our consciences and our behavior? Whether it is the murder of a child in the provinces, arms dealing between France and Africa, or the merging of two multinationals, everything is transformed within the hour into news. But how does this news reach us?
Reporters follows the adventures of a group of journalists to reveal what is hidden behind the sleek studio décor of the evening news or page one of a major newspaper? Dangerous investigations, political manipulations, internal rivalries, corporate takeovers, kidnappings. The reporters meet numerous obstacles in the practice of their profession, sometimes at the risk of their lives. But they have a single aim: the truth. In the first episode, Thomas Schneider, an investigative reporter, inquires into the possible role played by the French State in an arms sale to Buranda; in the second, the Burandan diplomatic who tipped him off is murdered.

France - 2006 - 54 mn & 59 mn - Super 16 - Colour

Director
Suzanne Fenn, Ivan Strasburg
from an original idea by
Olivier Kohn, Alban Guitteny, Séverine Bosschem, Jean-Luc Estebe
Script
Olivier Kohn, Séverine Bosschem
Camera
Ivan Strasburg
Sound
Ivan Maucuit
Sets
Louise Marzaroli
Editing
Jean-Philippe Amar
Music
Martin Meissonnier
Cast
Jerôme Robart, Anne Coesens, Patrick Bouchitey, Didier Bezace, Christine Boisson, Aïssatou Diop

Production
Capa Drama,
80, rue de la Croix-Nivert,
75015 Paris, France
Tél : +33 (0)1 4045 4800
Fax : +33 (0)1 4045 4810
E-mail : sbouyges@capatv.com

with the participation of
Canal+, RTL TVI, Jimmy, BeTV

Sales
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