State of Siege 1972 123movies

Watch: État de siège 1972 123movies, Full Movie Online – In Uruguay in the early 1970s, an official of the US Agency for International Development (a group used as a front for training foreign police in counterinsurgency methods) is kidnapped by a group of urban guerillas. Using his interrogation as a backdrop, the film explores the often brutal consequences of the struggle between Uruguay’s government and the leftist Tupamaro guerillas..
Plot: Using the interrogation of a US counterinsurgency agent as a backdrop, the film explores the consequences of the struggle between Uruguay’s government and the leftist Tupamaro guerrillas.
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Ratings:

	7.7/10 Votes: 5,567
	71% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 71 Popularity: 4.44 | TMDB

Reviews:

A great film!
I agree that this film should be released on DVD. It is a great companion piece to Z and Missing.

Costa-Gavros managed to produce a stinging indictment of US involvement in South American politics, without drawing his villains as caricatures. His characters, policemen and revolutionaries, come off as profoundly human, flawed but not themselves monsters, though they are involved in monstrous acts. The torture scenes are grueling, and were probably as responsible for the film’s official reception.

I saw this at the age of 15, when it was in the theaters. I confused it with the Eric Ambler novel of the same name. It had a profound personal influence on me. I was able to rent it once, about 15 years ago but haven’t run across it since.

The Life of American Saint Philip Michael Santore
As the movie opens, Uruguay is in an uproar. Thousands of policemen and soldiers scour the city; road blocks are instituted; vehicles and people are being searched. High-ranking officers and politicians eagerly wait news. Then a policeman finds a dead man inside a car: it’s Philip Michael Santore, an American citizen, an innocent man kidnapped by the brutal terrorists Tupamaros. The Uruguayan state holds a state funeral for this victim. Such an innocent man couldn’t deserve less.

And then we flashback to the day the Tupamaros organize the kidnapping. It’s done with military precision, Santore is hidden in a basement and an interrogation starts. And we discover the dirty truth about Philip Michael Santore, an American agent given the mission of touring Latin America training death squads, teaching local police forces brutal torture techniques, and supporting dictatorships, in the noble quest against communism, the great American paranoia.

State of Siege is a fascinating document about Latin American history, showing the complicity between the United States and repressive regimes, the way these supposedly sovereign states belittled themselves to serve foreign interests, and the techniques they used to maintain power. Santore’s façade as a benevolent foreigner who comes to Uruguay with the mission of bringing development is slowly undermined by the Tupamaros’ interrogation which, backed up with facts and without torture, prove his involvement in dozens of crimes against humanity.

This is a great political thriller, written and shot with talent. Franco Solinas, a screenwriter who wasn’t a stranger to political movies (Queimada!, The Battle of Algiers), adapts the life of Dan Mitrione into a satisfying fictional story, whereas Costa-Gavras shows his ability to make fast-paced sequences without needing elaborate action or violence. He’s one of the masters of montages and his craft is on full display here.

On the same level as Z, State of Siege, it shows a dark episode in the history of Latin America and is also an uncompromising indictment of American foreign policy. People who accuse Costa-Gavras of anti-Americanism, need to read up on history to see how faithful the facts of this movie are. He merely shows the truth, it’s not his fault the truth doesn’t fit with the mainstream image the USA have succeeded in creating about themselves.

We need more filmmakers like Costa-Gavras.

Other Information:

Original Language fr
Runtime 2 hr 10 min (130 min), 1 hr 55 min (115 min) (Germany), 2 hr (120 min) (USA)
Budget 0
Revenue 8000000
Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director Costa-Gavras
Writer Franco Solinas, Costa-Gavras
Actors Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse
Country France, Italy, West Germany
Awards Won 1 BAFTA Award2 wins & 5 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Laboratoires Franay Tirages Cinematographiques (LTC), Paris, France
Film Length 3,315 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm