Bashar: The Master of Chaos

Doing a portrait of Bashar al-Assad, the smartly turned-out dictator, talking about his career, getting into his head and understanding what he wants and where he comes from means getting interested in a man who has a partial hold on our fate. Daech, International Jihadism, chaos in the Middle East and the refugee crisis: all of theses challenges that have an impact on us converge, at least partly, in Damascus. To re-examine our ambiguous and risky relations with him is to try and understand our involvement in the Syrian tragedy, even look at our share of responsibility, for Bachar has always known how to play on our weaknesses, our temporizing and our naivety. (Illégitime Défense)