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The War Is Over

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Poster for the movie "The War Is Over"

The War Is Over (1966)

117 min - Drama, Thriller - 11 May 1966
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Diego is one of the chiefs of the Spanish Communist Party. On his way from Madrid to Paris, he is arrested at the border for an ID check but manages to get free. When he arrives in Paris, he starts searching for one of his comrade to prevent him from going to Madrid where he could be arrested.

Director:  Alain Resnais
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange

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The Crime of Monsieur Lange (1936)

80 min - Drama, Crime, Comedy - 24 January 1936
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A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?

Director:  Jean Renoir
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Muriel, or the Time of Return

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Muriel, or the Time of Return (1963)

117 min - Drama - 1 October 1963
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In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.

Director:  Alain Resnais
Writers:  Jean Cayrol
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Z

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Z (1969)

127 min - Thriller, History, Drama - 26 February 1969
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Amidst a heated political climate, the opposition leader is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. When a magistrate finds evidence of a government cover-up, witnesses start to get targeted. A thinly-fictionalized account of the events surrounding the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963, Z captures the outrage about the military junta that ruled Greece at the time.

Director:  Costa-Gavras
Writers:  Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprún, Ben Barzman
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