Missing (1982)

Directed by

Costa-Gavras

Genre

drama film, biographical film, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 432 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on a true story, this film follows a woman and her father-in-law searching for her missing husband after a military coup in Chile. They face government cover-ups and deceit as they try to uncover what happened to him.

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What happens

Missing (stylized as 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 (later republished under the title Missing in 1982), 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 Salvador Allende. The film stars Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule and Charles Cioffi. Set largely during the days and weeks following Horman's disappearance, it examines the relationship between Horman's wife Beth and his father Edmund and their subsequent quest to find Horman. Missing was theatrically released on February 12, 1982, to critical acclaim. The film premiered at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival where it was jointly awarded the Palme d'Or (along with the Turkish film Yol), while Lemmon won the Best Actor prize. It received four nominations at the 55th Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Actor (for Lemmon), Best Actress (for Spacek) and won Best Adapted Screenplay. The film created significant controversy in Chile and was banned during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship; neither Chile nor Pinochet is mentioned by name, although the Chilean cities of Viña del Mar and Santiago are, as is the airline LAN Chile. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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