State of Siege
Costa-Gavras puts the United States’ involvement in Latin American politics under the microscope in this arresting thriller. An urban guerrilla 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 (Yves Montand) to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. Cowritten by Franco Solinas, the electrifying State of Siege piercingly critiques the American government for supporting foreign dictatorships, while also asking difficult questions about the efficacy of radical violent acts to oppose such regimes.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Costa-Gavras, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie
- NBC News excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan A. Mitrione, on which the film is based
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by journalist Mark Danner
New cover by Adam Maida
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New 2K digital restoration, supervised by director Costa-Gavras, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
- New conversation between Costa-Gavras and film scholar Peter Cowie
- NBC News excerpts from 1970 on the kidnapping of Dan A. Mitrione, on which the film is based
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by journalist Mark Danner
New cover by Adam Maida
Cast
- Yves Montand
- Philip Michael Santore
- Renato Salvatori
- Captain Lopez
- O. E. Hasse
- Carlos Ducas
- Jacques Weber
- Hugo
- Jean-Luc Bideau
- Este
- Maurice Teynac
- Minister of Internal Security
- Yvette Etiévant
- Female senator
- Evangeline Peterson
- Mrs. Santore
- Harald Wolff
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
Credits
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Written by
- Franco Solinas
- Original scenario by
- Costa-Gavras
- Original scenario by
- Franco Solinas
- Produced by
- Jacques Henri Barratier
- Produced by
- Jacques Perrin
- Produced by
- Léon Sanz
- Music
- Mikis Theodorakis
- Cinematography
- Pierre-William Glenn
- Editing
- Françoise Bonnot
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