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Z is a 1969 political thriller film directed by Costa-Gavras, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jorge Semprún, adapted from the 1967 novel of the same name by Vassilis Vassilikos. The film presents a thinly fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of the democratic Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963.
Synopsis. During a speaking engagement coinciding with an appearance of the Bolshoi Ballet, pacifist Deputy Z., the target of a right-wing military conspiracy, is assassinated by homosexual reactionaries Vago and Yago, and Z.'s supporters are brutally beaten by thugs before indifferent police.
May 7, 2020 · Z: Directed by Brandon Christensen. With Keegan Connor Tracy, Jett Klyne, Sean Rogerson, Sara Canning. A family finds themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
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The film "Z" is about one of these things: about the assassination, six years ago, of a leader of the political opposition in Greece. It is also about all the rest of them. For Americans, it is about the My Lai massacre, the killing of Fred Hampton, the Bay of Pigs.
May 6, 2020 · Z. Brian Tallerico May 06, 2020. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. Brandon Christensen ’s “ Z ,” premiering May 7 th on Shudder, is a vicious little movie that recalls “Poltergeist” and “ The Babadook ” with its story of a possessive force that destroys a family.
Z. A pulse-pounding political thriller, Greek expatriate director Costa-Gavras’s Z was one of the cinematic sensations of the late sixties, and remains among the most vital dispatches from that hallowed era of filmmaking. This Academy Award winner—loosely based on the 1963 assassination of Greek left-wing activist Gregoris Lambrakis—stars ...
Z (Yves Montand), a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises troubling questions.
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