Costa-Gavras
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1970.
Language
Español
Description
Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitaism....
2) Capital
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
From legendary **Academy Award**-winning writer/director Costa-Gavras (*Missing*, *Z*) comes CAPITAL, a fast-paced, darkly comic drama set in the high stakes world of global finance. When the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses from a heart attack on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh, *Midnight in Paris*) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception...
3) Eden is West
Publisher
Under the Milky Way
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Young Elias (Ricardo Scamarcio) is traveling aboard a boat overfilled with illegal immigrants and has his heart set on reaching Europe. **Academy Award** winning director Costa-Gavras draws inspiration from "The Odyssey," in relating Elias' epic quest across Europe to find the city of his dreams. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"The brightest, most-entertaining film of [Costas-Gavras'] illustrious career."* - Jim...
4) Z
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Français
Description
A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistant questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
6) Eden is West
Author
Language
Français
Description
As in "The Odyssey," the Aegean Sea is the setting when our hero, Elias, sets out on his adventures. On the same waters, under the same sun and the same sky as the dawn of civilization. After countless incidents and accidents, a stopover in paradise and a sojourn in hell, the magical conclusion of his journey takes place in Paris. Paris, the shining city in the deepest dreams, in the most uncertain sleep of wanderers