It's a very difficult topic, a political one. And of course who else to direct and star in it, then the La Haine director. He knows about controversy. And he doesn't shy away from painting a France, that is anything but nice. Of course politicians will generally be seen as evil, but this movie is based on real life events and you can imagine how this might have played out.

There are grey areas in the film, but you do get a lot of black&white moral decisions too. Even our main character is not flawless. He might seem one way, but you wonder if he could've gone or done some other things throughout the movie. The fact that you get a subtitle with each new day, lets you know that something is about to happen. So while it does seem inevitable, you still hope for something. Especially if you're not as familiar with what happened in 1988.

While the movie seems to lose a bit its tension after a third of its running time is over, it picks up right after that. Not everyones taste, but a drama that will leave you wonder how this could've happened 25 years ago? Which sort of answers my initial question! Though the title cards at the end suggest that there will be a vote for independence ... lets hope it'll happen in 2014 as it is/was announced