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State Of Siege

1972, Movie, PG, 120 mins

State Of Siege: Review

Taking aim at the repressive right-wing government of a Latin American country (a thinly veiled Uruguay) and the support it received from at least one employee of the US Agency for International Development (AID), Costa-Gavras offers here another tightly knit political thriller along the lines of his Z, MISSING and THE CONFESSION. Set in the 1970s, STATE OF SEIGE chronicles the kidnaping of AID "traffic expert" Philip Santore (Yves Montand) by Tupamaro-like left-wing guerril... read more leave a comment