Diplomatic Doco

Barbara Karpinski, FilmLink magazine

The Diplomat follows East Timor's freedom fighter and Noble Peace Prizewinner, José Ramos Horta, in the final bloody year of his campaign to secure independ­ence for his country. The film reveals his charm and dry humour, his tenacity and vul­nerability. It is neither a current affairs show nor an agit-docu­mentary, but an intensely inti­mate portrait of José Ramos Horta, and therein lies its strength...

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