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Synopsis: In a mid-sized metropolis (population 500,000) in a right-wing military led country, a pacifist organization, which supports the opposition party in the government, is planning on holding an anti-military, nuclear disarmament rally. The organization's charismatic leader - the deputy - is scheduled to arrive in the town from the capital the day of the rally. Beyond the problems arranging the rally due to the probable incitement of violence at such a rally, the organization learns of an unconfirmed report that there will be an attempt on the deputy's life. The rally does happen, after which a three-wheeled kamikaze runs over the deputy, who eventually passes away from his injuries. The official report is that the incident was a drunken accident. In reality, the deputy's death was murder orchestrated by the secret police, the general for who likens the pacifist organization to mildew killing off agricultural crops. A magistrate is assigned to the case. Although he does have political view
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Director(s): Costa-Gavras
Production: Rialto Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
M/PG
Year:
1969
127 min
Website
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won't dance!

The bears are going to read that!

Your pen!

Go!

Hold your meetings in Russia!

We'd rather stay here!

Do as you're told!

Hey, you!

What's the idea!

- Never mind!

- Better than the Bolsho?

- I only came to please you.

- Your dancers are old-hat.

Except when one chooses freedom!

And the Warsaw Pact?!

We're against the bomb,

Russian or American!

Disarmament!

Long live the Bomb!

You could sell 'em

to the "Daily Worker"!

No more NATO bases!

Calm down!

No fighting! No provocation!

Ya just ease 'em away!

Ya don't push!

Leave 'em alone!

Calm down!

Don't provoke 'em!

Mr Lawyer!

Start now!

There's no more room up there!

Squeeze 'em in!

Get the speakers.

Ready?

I'll get 'em!

Go on in!

Let 'em in!

- So that's it!

- What?

The new opposition!

Women go for him!

Communist?

Never! He's anti-foreign!

Next elections, he'll win!

Good-looking!

Ex-Olympic champ, doc,

college prof and honest politician!

Perfection!

He's at the Bolsho!

- He must cancel it!

- We back down!

To avoid provoking the crowd.

The students could maintain order.

- A free-for-all!

- You and your non-violence!

We must respect the law!

The law of the jungle!

They stuck us in that hall.

It's a trap!

Set by whom?

The ClA! We want

the foreign bases to be dismantled!

You think too much!

There are some stubborn extremists...

The threats?

It's not the 1st time.

We've all taken risks.

They're all at the Bolsho!

Keep trying.

The police must face

their responsibility.

We're going to our rally.

Rotten politicians!

We'll put ya in your graves!

We'll kill ya all!

Stay outside!

- And you?

- I'm a mason.

OK, let's go.

They hit me.

Why?

Why do our ideas

provoke such violence?

Why don't they like peace?

Why don't they attack

other organisations?

The answer is simple.

The others are nationalists,

used by the government

and don't upset

our Judas allies who betray us...

General, they're getting out of hand!

I'll have the loudspeakers cut off!

It'd excite the others.

Don't do that!

Where's the Chief of Police?

I was told he's here!

Really? He must be over there!

We lack hospitals and doctors

but half the budget

goes for military expenditures.

He's the one!

A cannon is fired

and a teacher's monthly salary

goes up in smoke!

That's why they can't

bear us or our meetings

and use hired thugs

to jeer and attack us!

Around the world. too many soldiers

are ready to fire

on anything moving toward progress.

He's your guy?

- You sure?

- I think.

An Olympic champ?

Stop!

Finish him off!

Sh*t! It's not him!

- I told ya it wasn't!

- They said it was!

Take off!

I'll go around to avoid the cops.

Tomatoes out of season!

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Vasilis Vasilikos

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