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Quick Info

Rating

7.8/10

Release1969

Runtime2h 7m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$83,305

Production

Valoria Films

Reggane Films

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Movie

Z

1969

2h 7m

7.8

Thriller

Crime

Drama

Synopsis

Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.

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