State of Siege

État de siège (original)

7.7

/10

2h 2mDrama Thriller

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.

Spoken language: fr

Starring Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac, Yvette Etiévant, Héctor Noguera, Patricia Guzmán, Gloria Laso

Watch "State of Siege" from streaming services Vudu, Google Play, Criterion Channel and several more released in 1972. It's a drama and thriller movie, and has a rating of 7.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.