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State of Siege/bd Widescreen edition
Criterion Collection
State of Siege/bd Widescreen edition
Criterion Collection
Costa-Gavras (Z) puts the United States' involvement in South American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country (unnamed in the film), abducts a U.S. official (The Wages of Fear's Yves Montand) to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. Co-written by Franco Solinas (The Battle of Algiers), the electrifying State of Siege piercingly critiques the American government for helping institute foreign dictatorships while also asking difficult questions about the efficacy of radical violent acts to oppose such regimes.
Media | Movies Blu-ray (Blu-ray Disc) |
Number of discs | 1 |
Released | May 26, 2015 |
EAN/UPC | 0715515144513 |
Label | CRITERION COLLECTION CCIN2474BR |
Genre | Drama |
Dimensions | 134 × 172 × 14 mm · 103 g |
Region code | Region A (Americas, East and Southeast Asia) |
Language | Original language |
Subtitles | English |
Director | Costa-Gavras |
Skuespiller | Yves Montand |
Skuespiller | Renato Salvatori |
Skuespiller | O.E. Hasse |
Skuespiller | Jacques Weber |
Skuespiller | Jean-Luc Bideau |
Skuespiller | Maurice Teynac |
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