The Colonel is a 2006 French-Belgian film directed by Laurent Herbiet based on the novel by Francis Zamponi.

Plot

France, 1993. The retired Colonel Raoul Duplan is shot in his home. As the police is baffled, the young army officer Galois leads the investigation. Shortly thereafter, she receives a letter containing some diary pages of a lieutenant who served since 1955 in the Algerian war under the command Duplan and disappeared in 1957 under mysterious circumstances.
Every day Galois receives a continuation of the diary in which Rossi describes in detail his ambivalent relationship to Duplan and his dirty methods. Rossi had to witness even torture and public executions. Eventually Galois recognizes, who shot Duplan.

Cast

• Olivier Gourmet
  Olivier Gourmet
  Olivier Gourmet is a Belgian actor. He won the Best Actor award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for his role in Le Fils by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne. He also appeared in La Promesse, Rosetta and L'Enfant....
  
   : Colonel Duplan
• Robinson Stévenin
  Robinson Stévenin
  -Selected filmography:-Awards:In 2002 he won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for the film Bad Genres.- External links :...
  
   : Lieutenant Guy Rossi
• Cécile de France
  Cécile de France
  Cécile de France is a Belgian actress. After achieving success in French cinema hits such as L'Art de la séduction and Irène , she gained international attention for her lead role in Haute Tension and Hereafter .- Career :Born in Namur, she left Belgium at the age of 17 to go to Paris where she...
  
   : Lieutenant Galois
• Charles Aznavour
  Charles Aznavour
  Charles Aznavour, OC is an Armenian-French singer, songwriter, actor, public activist and diplomat. Besides being one of France's most popular and enduring singers, he is also one of the best-known singers in the world...
  
   : Père Rossi
• Bruno Solo : Commissaire Reidacher
• Eric Caravaca
  Eric Caravaca
  Eric Caracava is a French actor and director.The son of an engineer, Caracava studied literature while taking acting lessons...
  
   : René Ascensio
• Guillaume Gallienne
  Guillaume Gallienne
  Guillaume Gallienne is French actor who has been a member of the Comédie-Française company from 1998. He made his film debut 1992 in Tableau d'honneur and he has starred in Marie Antoinette by Sofia Coppola....
  
   : Le sous-préfet
• Georges Siatidis : Le capitaine Roger
• Thierry Hancisse : Commissaire Quitard
• Jacques Boudet
  Jacques Boudet
  Jacques Boudet is a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in Exercises in Style, and is featured in the film The Names of Love ....
  
  : Le sénateur-maire