Amid a tense political climate, the opposition leader is killed in an apparent accident. When a prosecutor smells a cover-up, witnesses get targeted. A thinly veiled dramatization of the assassination of Greek politician Grigoris Lambrakis and its aftermath, “Z” captures the outrage at the US-backed junta that ruled Greece at the time of its release.

• Valoria Films
• Reggane Films
• Yves Montand
• Irene Papas
• Jean-Louis Trintignant
• Jacques Perrin
• Charles Denner
• François Périer
• Bernard Fresson
• Pierre Dux