Conspiration (Balibo) (2009)

Balibo is a 2009 Australian war film that follows the story of the Balibo Five, a group of journalists who were captured and killed whilst reporting on activities just prior to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975. The film is loosely based on the book Cover-Up, by Jill Jolliffe, an Australian journalist who met the men before they were killed.

Filming began on 30 June 2008, in Dili, East Timor, and the film was released the following year. It was produced by Arenafilm in Australia, with Robert Connolly as director and David Williamson as screenwriter.
The main members of the cast are Anthony LaPaglia, playing the part of Roger East, another Australian journalist, who went to investigate the deaths of the Balibo Five only to be killed the day after the Indonesian invasion and Oscar Isaac as José Ramos-Horta, the country's second President.
LaPaglia, also an Executive Producer, names East as "probably the best role I've ever had". The five journalists are played by Damon Gameau as Greg Shackleton, Gyton Grantley as Gary Cunningham, Nathan Phillips as Malcolm Rennie, Mark Winter as Tony Stewart and Thomas Wright as Brian Peters.

Synopsis

Alors que l’Indonésie se prépare à envahir le minuscule pays qu’est le Timor Oriental, cinq journalistes australiens disparaissent de manière soudaine et mystérieuse. Quatre semaines plus tard, Roger East, un correspondant étranger expérimenté, est attiré vers le Timor Oriental par le jeune et charismatique José Ramos-Horta afin de raconter l’histoire de son pays et enquêter sur la disparition de ces cinq hommes. Tandis que la détermination de Roger à révéler la vérité s’amplifie, la menace d’invasion devient de plus en plus réelle.

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