STATE OF SIEGE

| 1973 – 122′ – Drama, Thriller, Period & History, Classic .
Written by: Costa-Gavras, Franco Solinas.
Directed by: Costa-Gavras.
Starring: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac, Yvette Etievant, Nemesio Antúnez, André Falcon.
In French with English subtitles.
A The Criterion Collection release. |

An urban guerrilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country, abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. The electrifying State of Siege piercingly critiques the American government for supporting foreign dictatorships, while also asking difficult questions about the efficacy of radical violent acts to oppose such regimes.

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