Mobutu, King of Zaire
1999 · 135 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 224 VOTES · DIR. Thierry Michel
Overview
This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses close to Mobutu in Africa, Europe and the U.S. More than 950 hours of footage have been seen by the world. Among the 104 hours selected as the basis for this film, are 30 hours of archives recently discovered in Kinshasa and never before released. Completing these exceptional documents, are more than 50 hours of interviews with those close to the former president and the events surrounding his reign, conducted by the director in Kinshasa, Brussels, Paris and Washington. Like a vast historical puzzle, this film pieces together the tragic history of a country, and its self-styled leader - the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, "King of Zaïre".
Dialogue Timeline — 420 lines
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00:00:54 The Quest for Power
00:03:33 to mix with journalistic circles
00:05:32 in their demands...
00:08:11 After the months of struggle, we must now turn our efforts
00:10:01 recognise with joy and emotion
00:11:40 So after being your subordinate, you became his...
00:16:44 As you can all see for yourselves as of tomorrow...
00:18:08 as a campaign against the overthrow of the government
00:19:13 This didn't make things easy.
00:22:58 You can be certain that order must reign, and will reign.
00:24:37 our independence until the present, l have done nothing else.
00:25:32 Yes, it may seem a paradox and a contradiction...
00:28:17 That is the task we are undertaking.
00:30:09 that we would be in power for 5 years. And that's that.
00:31:28 in the moat of the castle of Vincennes.
00:34:01 Did you talk it over with the president? What became of Mulele then?
00:36:14 to whom l am accountable is my people.
00:37:43 of the President and Mrs Nixon.
00:42:01 l would say that the MPR
00:44:26 Of its founding president Mobutu Sese Seko...
00:45:47 But with the sole intention of consolidating his power.
00:46:44 and not what others want us to be.
00:47:39 Then the Congo was like a great village wherever he went.
00:48:52 We wish you many years at Zaire's helm...