The stories of former New York Times correspondent Chris Hedges and of Riccardo Privitera, former arms dealer for the now defunct Talisman Europe Ltd, form a paradoxical parallel. Both show signs of the same traumas, but from a completely opposed perspective. The one spent his time debunking lies, the other made those very lies his foundations. Grimonprez introduces the arms trade as a symptom of a serious illness: greed.

Two shorts by Johan Grimonprez are screened before the main film:

Raymond Tallis | on tickling - 2017, 8min

every day words disappear | Michael Hardt on the Politics of Love - 2016, 15min