State of Siege
État de siege, feature film, 1972
DIRECTED BY: Costa-Gavras Costa-Gavras
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