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Tag Archives: Costa-Gavras
Music Box (1989) Costa-Gavras, Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest
Hungarian immigrant Mike Laszlo has done well for himself since arriving in the USA Read More »
Special Section AKA Section spéciale (1975) Costa-Gavras, Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale
In occupied France during the WWII, a German officer is murdered. Read More »
Amen. (2002) Costa-Gavras, Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe
In World War II, the sanitation engineer and family man Kurt Gerstein Read More »
Hanna K. (1983) Costa-Gavras, Jill Clayburgh, Jean Yanne, Gabriel Byrne
Hanna Kaufman is a Jewish-American, who moved to Israel and now works as a defense lawyer there. Read More »
Eden Is West AKA Eden à l’Ouest (2009) Costa-Gavras, Riccardo Scamarcio, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Léa Wiazemsky
A drama centered around the illegal immigrants living in the EU. Read More »
Z (1969) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant
In a military-led country, a pacifist organization, which supports the opposition party in the government, is planning on holding an anti-military rally. Read More »
The Ax (2005) Costa-Gavras, José Garcia, Karin Viard, Geordy Monfils
Bruno Davert, a chemist working for a paper company, is fired. Read More »
À propos de Nice, la suite (1995) Catherine Breillat, Costa-Gavras, Bernard Benassayag, Thierry Saïd Bouibil, Jérôme Chabreyrie
Anthology of short films about the French city of Nice, by various directors. Read More »
Betrayed (1988) Costa-Gavras, Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard
Following the murder of a radio personality in Chicago, all evidence of the crime points to a white supremacist group from Iowa. Read More »
Clair de femme / Womanlight (1979) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Romy Schneider, Romolo Valli, Drama
Reciprocal consolation. The background of two middle-aged people (Michel and Lydia) is gradually unfolded. Michel’s wife is incurably ill. Read More »
Conseil de famille / Family Business (1986) Costa-Gavras, Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant, Guy Marchand, Comedy, Crime
French rocker Johnny Hallyday stars as a professional thief just released from jail. He returns to stealing to support his family. Read More »
Un homme de trop / Shock Troops (1967) Costa-Gavras, Charles Vanel, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Action, Drama, History, Thriller, War
Set in central France, the film follows French resistance fighters who press the battle on the Germans. Read More »
État de siège / State of Siege (1972) Costa-Gavras, Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Drama, Thriller
In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) is kidnapped by a group of urban guerillas. Read More »
Missing (1982) Costa-Gavras, Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, Biography, Drama, History
In September1973, in Chile, the American journalist Charles Horman arrives in Valparaiso with his friend Terry Simon to meet his wife Beth and bring her back to New York with him. Read More »