State of Siege
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- "State of Siege" is also the name of a thriller by Eric Ambler.
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| Directed by | Costa-Gavras |
| Produced by | Jacques Henri Barratier Léon Sanz |
| Written by | Franco Solinas Costa-Gavras |
| Starring | Yves Montand Renato Salvatori |
| Music by | Mikis Theodorakis |
| Cinematography | Pierre-William Glenn |
| Distributed by | Cinema 5 Distributing |
| Release date(s) | 1972 |
| Running time | 120 min |
| Language | French |
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State of Siege (French title: État de Siège) is a 1972 French film directed by Costa Gavras and starred by Yves Montand and Renato Salvatori.
[edit] Summary
In Uruguay in the early 1970s, during the military dictatorship, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) played by Montand, is kidnapped by a group of urban guerrillas.
Using his interrogation as a backdrop, the film explores the often brutal consequences of the struggle between Uruguay's government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
[edit] Awards
The film was nominated to the Golden Globes as Best Foreign Language Film and won the UN Award at BAFTA Awards.
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