Special Section / Section spéciale

Fri 12 Dec
Films
Edinburgh Film Guild Season

A German officer is murdered in Nazi-occupied France. Unable to apprehend the actual culprits, the collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

Winner: Best Director and Nominee for the Palme d’Or, Cannes Film Festival 1975.

  • Director(s): Costa-Gavras
  • Cast: Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale
  • Original title: Section spéciale
  • Country, year: France, 1975
  • Duration: 1h58
  • Language: in French with English subtitles
  • Genre: Drama, Thriller, War
  • Price: £8 Full Price | £5 for French Institute members
  • More information: Doors open 15 minutes before the screening

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