{"id":26109,"date":"2026-02-03T22:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=26109"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:09:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:09:32","slug":"z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/z\/","title":{"rendered":"Z"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-26111\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/z-costa-gavras-250x311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/z-costa-gavras-250x311.jpg 250w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/z-costa-gavras.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/h2>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<h2>Z<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 1969 \u2013 127&#8242; &#8211; Drama, Thriller, Period &amp; History, Classic .<br \/>\nWritten by: Jorge Sempr\u00fan, Costa-Gavras, Ben Barzam.<br \/>\nBased on the Book by: Vassilis Vassikos.<br \/>\nDirected by:\u00a0Costa-Gavras.<br \/>\nStarring: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ir\u00e8ne Papas, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Pierre Dux, Julien Guiomar, Georges G\u00e9ret, Magali No\u00ebl, Bernard Fresson, Jean Bouise.<br \/>\nOfficial Selection Cannes\u00a0 International Film Festival 1969 (Winner Best Actor Jean-Louis Trintignant), 2 Academy Awards winner (1970): Best Foreign Language film and Best Editing.<br \/>\nIn French with English\u00a0subtitles.<br \/>\nA\u00a0The Criterion Collection release. |<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">A pulse-pounding political thriller, Costa-Gavras&#8217;s technically audacious and emotionally gripping masterpiece remains one of the most vital cinematic dispatches of the late sixties. This Oscar-winning film &#8211; loosely based on the assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis &#8211; stars Yves Montand as a politician whose public murder amid a violent demonstration is covered up by officials, and Jean-Louis Trintignant as the tenacious magistrate determined not to let them get away with it.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/athome.fandango.com\/content\/browse\/details\/Z\/4068615?cmp=rt_where_to_watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH NOW<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Z | 1969 \u2013 127&#8242; &#8211; Drama, Thriller, Period &amp; History, Classic . Written by: Jorge Sempr\u00fan, Costa-Gavras, Ben Barzam. Based on the Book by: Vassilis Vassikos. Directed by:\u00a0Costa-Gavras. Starring: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ir\u00e8ne Papas, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Pierre Dux, Julien Guiomar, Georges G\u00e9ret, Magali No\u00ebl, Bernard Fresson, Jean Bouise. Official Selection Cannes\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,11,43,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-classic","category-drama","category-history","category-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26113,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26109\/revisions\/26113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}