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Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras

Greek-French film director
February 12, 1933 (91 years old)
Fr. 2019. Political drama by Costa-Gavras with Christos Loulis, Alexandros Bourdoumis, Ulrich Tukur. In 2015, the new Greek finance minister negotiates the repayment of the country’s huge debt with the European Union’s creditors.
Runtime: 124 min.

Capital

V.O.: Le Capital
Fr. 2012. Satire by Costa-Gavras with Gad Elmaleh, Natacha Régnier, Bernard Le Coq. The new CEO of a French bank takes great measures to establish his power with shareholders.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 2011. Documentary by Serge Bromberg, Éric Lange with Costa-Gavras, Michel Gondry, Tom Hanks. The story of the creation of the film
Runtime: 65 min.
Fr. 2009. Dramatic comedy by Costa-Gavras with Riccardo Scamarcio, Juliane Köhler, Ulrich Tukur. An illegal immigrant
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 2005. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with José Garcia, Karin Viard, Olivier Gourmet. Unemployed for two and a half years, an ex-manager decides to kill the five unemployed people who have the same qualifications as him.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 2001. History by Costa-Gavras with Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe. An SS officer and a young Jesuit combine their efforts to try to stop the extermination of the Jews only to be met with silence from the Vatican.
Runtime: 132 min.
U.S. 1997. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Dustin Hoffman, John Travolta, Alan Alda.
Runtime: 114 min.
Fr. 1992. Satire by Costa-Gavras with Jiri Menzel, André Dussollier, Pierre Arditi. A publisher wants to organize a large media stunt to launch the work of a Polish writer who has taken refuge in France.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1989. Court drama by Costa-Gavras with Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest. A renowned criminologist decides to defend her father accused of crimes against humanity committed at the end of the Second World War.
Runtime: 123 min.
U.S. 1988. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Debra Winger, Tom Berenger, John Heard. An FBI agent infiltrates a rural Midwestern community in order to incriminate the culprits of a racist murder and falls in love with one of the farmers.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 1986. Police comedy by Costa-Gavras with Johnny Hallyday, Fanny Ardant, Rémi Martin. A burglar imposes a respectable facade on his family while continuing his thefts with the help of his young son.
Runtime: 127 min.
Fr. 1983. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Jill Clayburgh, Mohammad Bakri, Jean Yanne. A Jewish lawyer gets into trouble with an Israeli prosecutor for defending a Palestinian terrorism suspect.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1981. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, John Shea.
Runtime: 122 min.
Fr. 1979. Psychological drama by Costa-Gavras with Romy Schneider, Yves Montand, Romolo Valli.
Runtime: 103 min.

Madame Rosa

V.O.: La Vie devant soi
Fr. 1977. Mores drama by Moshé Mizrahi with Simone Signoret, Samy Ben Youb, Claude Dauphin. A former prostitute earns her living by taking in the children of prostitutes.
Runtime: 105 min.

Special Section

V.O.: Section spéciale
Fr. 1975. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Michael Lonsdale, Louis Seigner, Claude Piéplu. Following the assassination of a German officer in Paris during the Occupation, a special court is given the task of sentencing the supposed terrorists to death.
Runtime: 114 min.

State of Siege

V.O.: État de siège
Fr. 1972. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, Jean-Luc Bideau. In a South American country, rebels kidnap an American civil servant.
Runtime: 121 min.

The Confession

V.O.: L'Aveu
Fr. 1970. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti. In 1951 in Prague, a senior communist official is the victim of a political purge.
Runtime: 140 min.
Fr. 1969. Social drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin. In Greece, an honest investigating judge looks into a political assassination.
Runtime: 127 min.

Shock Troops

V.O.: Un Homme de trop
Fr. 1967. War drama by Costa-Gavras with Michel Piccoli, Bruno Cremer, Jean-Claude Brialy. In 1943, resistance fighters attack a prison to free twelve men and notice that there is one too many.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Sleeping Car Murder

V.O.: Compartiment tueurs
Fr. 1965. Crime drama by Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand, Claude Mann, Jacques Perrin. A police inspector investigates the murder of a young girl killed on a train in Marseille.
Runtime: 95 min.

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