FRANCE, ITALY, GERMANY
ÉTAT DE SIÈGE
1973 – 35mm – c - 122’
Direction: Constantin Costa Gavras
Screenplay: Constantin Costa Gavras, Franco Solinas
Cinematography: Pierre-William Glenn
Editing: Françoise Bonnot
Set design: Jacques D'Ovidio
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Costumes: Piet Bolscher
Cast: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac, Yvette Etiévant, Evangeline Peterson, Harald Wolff, Nemesio Antúnez, Mario Montilles, André Falcon
Production: Reggane Films, Unidis, Euro Internatinal Films (Eia) - Dieter Geissles Filmproduktion, Cinema X
SYNOPSIS
Montevideo, Uruguay. The tupamaros kidnap two men: Philip Michael Santore, a USA citizen and director of A.I.D. (Agency for International Development), and Fernando Campos, Brazilian consul. After a few days, an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture is taken prisoner, too. The rebels, while questioning Santore in particular and proving his responsibilities in the training of the police and in the repressions in Brazil, in the Dominican Republic and in Uruguay, demand from the government the release of political prisoners. The press, effectively represented by Carlos Ducas, and the Parliament gets upset…
CRITICAL NOTE
“(…) Exiled from Greece for the colonels’ dictatorship, Gosta Gavras knows from his own experience the meaning of the intervention of the ‘amerikan’ power at certain levels. In his film, shot in Chile during Allende’s precidency, the directors objectively deals with the theme of urban guerrilla warfare, (…).” (Tullio Kezich)
AWARDS
1973 Prix Louis Delluc
