État de siège / Valoria-Films présente ; une co-production, Reggane Films, Unidis-Euro International Films, Dieter Geissler Filmproduktion ; film de Costa-Gavras ; écrit par Franco Solinas.
Edition:
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet.
Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac. Widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio. Originally released as a motion picture in 1972. Restored in 2014 by KG Productions. Special features: New conversation between director Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie; NBC News excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan Mitrione, on which the film is based; Plus: an essay by journalist Mark Danner.
Summary:
Costa-Gavras puts the United States involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official (The Wages of Fears Yves Montand) to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence.
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