Sympathy for the Devil (French: Sympathie pour le diable) is a 2019 war drama film directed by Guillaume de Fontenay and released in 2019. Based on the book of the same name by French war correspondent Paul Marchand, the film stars Niels Schneider as Marchand covering the Bosnian War in the 1990s.
The cast also includes Vincent Rottiers and Ella Rumpf.
The film, a coproduction of companies from Canada, France and Belgium, had its Canadian theatrical premiere at the Cinemania film festival on November 11, 2019, before premiering commercially on November 29.
Cast
Niels Schneider as Paul Marchand
Ella Rumpf as Boba
Vincent Rottiers as Vincent
Clément Métayer as Philippe
Arieh Worthalter as Ken Doyle
Elisa Lasowski as Louise Baker
Diego Martín as Luis