MOVIE · 1969

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CrimeDramaThriller127 min

After a prominent politician is killed during a public demonstration, officials rush to call it an accident and close the case. Yves Montand is the public figure at the center of the attack, while Jean-Louis Trintignant’s investigating magistrate starts pulling at witness statements, police reports, and orders from higher up. In a thinly fictionalized version of 1960s Greece, the story moves from the chaos of the rally into courtrooms, offices, and press rooms as one assassination exposes a broader network of government and military cover-up.