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Z is a 1969 French drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. The cast includes Jean-Louis Trintignant, Yves Montand, Irene Papas, and Jacques Perrin. The screenplay was written by Jorge Semprún, Vassilis Vassilikos, Costa-Gavras, and Ben Barzman, based on a work by Vassilis Vassilikos. Jacques Perrin and Ahmed Rachedi served as producers, while Raoul Coutard was the director of photography and Françoise Bonnot was the film editor. Mikis Theodorakis composed the music. The film is presented in black-and-white with a runtime of 127 minutes.
The narrative is set in Greece, though filming took place in Algiers. The original languages include French, English, and Russian. Z has received various accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Film Editing and the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. It was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay. Critical reception includes an IMDb rating of 8.1, a Metascore of 86, and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 94%. The film is distributed via video on demand.
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Film · TMDB
7.8A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
Cast
- Yves Montand as Z
- Irene Papas as Hélène
- Jean-Louis Trintignant as Examining Magistrate
- Jacques Perrin as Photojournalist
- Charles Denner as Manuel
- François Périer as Public Prosecutor
Themes
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- assassination
- government
- corruption
- police
- politics
- fascism
- greece
- investigation
- pacifism
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Ratings
IMDb
8.1/10
32,517 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
94%
Metacritic
86/100
- Year
- 1969
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- M/PG
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 12 wins & 13 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenplay by
- Jorge Semprún Costa-Gavras
- Based on
- Z: Fictional Documentary of a Crime [ el ] , by Vassilis Vassilikos
- Produced by
- Jacques Perrin Ahmed Rachedi
- Starring
- Yves Montand Irene Papas Jean-Louis Trintignant Charles Denner Georges Geret Jacques Perrin François Perier Bernard Fresson Pierre Dux Julien Guiomar Marcel Bozzuffi Magali Noël Renato Salvatori
- Cinematography
- Raoul Coutard
- Edited by
- Françoise Bonnot
- Music by
- Mikis Theodorakis
- Production companies
- Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique [ fr ] Reggane Films Valoria Films
- Distributed by
- Varloria Films (France)
- Release date
- 26 February 1969 ( 1969-02-26 ) (France)
- Running time
- 127 minutes
- Countries
- France Algeria
- Languages
- French Russian English
- Box office
- $17.3 million (United States)
via Wikipedia infobox