Is Jacques Vergès a moral conscience or a malevolent force?
Is he the Emile Zola of our era... or an opportunistic brawler guided solely by his anger and his vanity?
A conscientious defender of terrorists, dictators, war-criminals, assassins and other torturers... or their accomplice?
A romantic but fallible hero, or a corrupt anti-hero?
A champion of human dignity or a victim of his own self-importance?
Who is Jacques Vergès, and should we listen to him? Will we ever find out who he really is? Do we even dare to ask the question?
Unfettered by any moral dilemmas , Jacques Vergès has always pushed his duty as a lawyer to outrageous limits.
By agreeing to defend killers like Saddam Hussein, Slobodan Milosevic, Carlos the Jackal, Klaus Barbie, he manifests his will to demolish the banal certainties that have characterized this century. And since he is caught up in it, the lawyer feels compelled to reveal himself. To the point of perversity.