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STATE OF SIEGE<\/h2>\n

| 1973 \u2013 122′ – Drama, Thriller, Period & History, Classic .
\nWritten by: Costa-Gavras, Franco Solinas.
\nDirected by:\u00a0Costa-Gavras.
\nStarring:\u00a0Yves Montand,\u00a0Renato Salvatori, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac, Yvette Etievant,\u00a0Nemesio Ant\u00fanez,\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Falcon.
\nIn French with English\u00a0subtitles.
\nA\u00a0The Criterion Collection release. |<\/span><\/p>\n

An urban guerrilla group, outraged at the counterinsurgency and torture training clandestinely organized by the CIA in their country, abducts a U.S. official to bargain for the release of political prisoners; soon the kidnapping becomes a media sensation, leading to violence. 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.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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