State of Siege

État de siege, feature film, 1972

DIRECTED BY: Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras

State of Siege

CAST:
Yves Montand (Philip Michael Santore),
Renato Salvatori (kapetan Lopez),
O.E. Hasse (Carlos Ducas),
Jacques Weber (Hugo),
Jean-Luc Bideau (Este)

SCRIPT:
Costa-Gavras,
Franco Solinas

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Pierre-William Glenn

Synopsis:
This film is based on a true story and portrays the kidnapping of an American official in Uruguay in 1970s. The official works for the American Agency for International Development but his real task is to teach the Uruguayan police how to use torture techniques on their political prisoners. His kidnappers are a group of leftist revolutionaries called Tupamaro.

color, 115 min