Carlos / Carlos the Jackal (2010) Poster, US , Signed by Oliver Assayas (director)

Carlos / Carlos the Jackal (2010) Poster, US , Signed by Oliver Assayas (director)

Artist: Sam Smith (b. 1981)

Unframed: 39 3/4 x 27 in. (101 x 68.6 cm)

Mr. Sohal met Oliver Assayas at a special screening of his film Personal Shopper at the Curzon Cinema, London.

It is rare for anyone to have an original poster signed, as the majority of signatures are on pieces of paper, photographs and video/dvd sleeves. It is unusual to have the film's poster with you when you try to obtain signatures.

This biographical film and television mini-series was directed by Olivier Assayas, and co-written by Assayas, Dan Franck and Daniel Leconte. The cast includes Edgar Ramírez, Alexander Scheer and Fadi Abi Samra. It tells the story of the life of Carlos the Jackal (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, the Venezuelan terrorist, from his first attacks in 1973 through to his arrest in 1994. It premiered as a three-part television mini-series on French pay channel Canal+, and the full version, which is five and a half hours long, was shown out of competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.