Movie
1982
Missing is a 1982 American biographical thriller drama film directed by Costa-Gavras from a screenplay written by Gavras and Donald E. Stewart, adapted from the book The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice (1978) by Thomas Hauser, based on the disappearance of American journalist Charles Horman, in the aftermath of the Chilean coup of 1973, which deposed the democratically elected socialist President…
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If the phrase "political film" is to be associated with a single name, any serious cinephile should mention Costa-Gavras first. In 1970s French director built reputation on the series of highly regarded, powerful docudramas depicting governments murdering, torturing or unjustly persecuting people. One such film was also his Hollywood debut, 1982 film *Missing*. The plot is based on the book by Thomas Hauser, which h…More
