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Cast & Crew

Costa-Gavras
Director
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Writer
Jean-Louis Trintignant
As Examining Magistrate
Jacques Perrin
As Photojournalist
Raoul Coutard
As English Surgeon (uncredited)
Julien Guiomar
As Gendarmerie Colonel
François Périer
As Public Prosecutor
Yves Montand
As The Deputy, a doctor

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In a Mediterranean country, a left-leaning deputy is assassinated in broad daylight after giving a speech advocating for nuclear disarmament. The government and police conspire to cover up the crime, but a tenacious magistrate and a photojournalist uncover evidence that leads to the indictment of the murderers and high-ranking military officers.s Despite the initial victory, the film takes a dark turn as key witnesses die under suspicious circumstances, the assassins receive lenient sentences, and the military seizes power in a coup d'état. A powerful critique of government corruption and the suppression of dissenting voices.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Z include The Offence, Joe, Chinatown, Double Indemnity, The Parallax View, The Unfaithful Wife.

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Z was released in theaters on December 8, 1969.