État de siège (1972)
Philip Michael Santore, un fonctionnaire américain appartenant à l'Agence internationale du développement, effectue une mission technique dans un pays d'Amérique du Sud, avec sa femme et ses enfants. À peine arrivé, il est enlevé par les membres d'un mouvement de résistance armée d'extrême-gauche qui veulent l'échanger contre des prisonniers politiques. Tandis que la police fouille la ville, Santore est interrogé par ses ravisseurs. L'honorable serviteur de la politique humanitaire américaine finit par avouer n'être en réalité qu'un spécialiste des méthodes de répression, chargé d'enseigner aux policiers locaux les méthodes de torture les plus efficaces...
Directeur: Costa-Gavras
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Yves Montand as Philip Michael Santore |
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Renato Salvatori as Captain Lopez |
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O.E. Hasse as Carlos Ducas |
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Jacques Weber as Hugo |
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Jean-Luc Bideau as Este |
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Maurice Teynac as Minister of Internal Security |
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Yvette Etiévant as Woman Senator |
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Gloria Laso as Rafaela |
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Harald Wolff as Minister of Foreign Affairs |
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Evangeline Peterson as Mrs. Santore |
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Nemesio Antúnez as President of the Republic |
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Mario Montilles as Assistant Commissioner Fontant |
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André Falcon as Deputy Fabbri |
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Jerry Brouer as Anthony Lee |
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Roberto Navarrete as Commissioner Romero |
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Douglas Harris as A.I.D. Director |
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Eugenio Guzmán as Spokesman of Uruguayan Government |
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Jean-François Gobbi as Journalist |
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Maurice Jacquemont as Dean of the Law School |
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Aldo Francia as Dr. Francia |
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Eduardo Naveda as Political Police Chief |
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Rafael Benavente as Brazilian Consul Campos |
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Alejandro Cohen as Manuel |
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Gérard Manneveau as Bardes |
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Alejandro Misle as President of the Assembly |
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Héctor Noguera as Tupamaro Leader (uncredited) |
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Patricia Guzmán as Tupamaro Militant (uncredited) |
| Production | Jacques Henri Barratier | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Franco Solinas | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Costa-Gavras | Director |
| Writing | Costa-Gavras | Scenario Writer |
| Writing | Franco Solinas | Writer |
| Production | Léon Sanz | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Μίκης Θεοδωράκης | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Pierre-William Glenn | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Françoise Bonnot | Editor |
| Art | Jacques d'Ovidio | Production Design |