Costa-Gavras
1) Capital
Pub. Date
2012.
Description
From legendary **Academy Award**-winning writer/director Costa-Gavras (*Missing*, *Z*) comes CAPITAL, a fast-paced, darkly comic drama set in the high stakes world of global finance. When the CEO of France’s Phenix Bank collapses from a heart attack on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh, *Midnight in Paris*) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception...
Pub. Date
1970.
Description
Anton Ludvik, aka Gerard, is vice-minister of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia. He realizes he is watched and followed. One day, he is arrested and put into jail, in solitary confinement. Will be shown the mental tortures during the investigations and how a faithful top-ranking civil servant is made to confess to treason. Based on the true story of Czechoslovakian communist Artur London, this is not an anticommunist film but a plea against totalitaism....
3) Eden is West
Pub. Date
2009.
Description
Young Elias (Ricardo Scamarcio) is traveling aboard a boat overfilled with illegal immigrants and has his heart set on reaching Europe. **Academy Award** winning director Costa-Gavras draws inspiration from "The Odyssey," in relating Elias' epic quest across Europe to find the city of his dreams. Official Selection at the **Berlin International Film Festival**. *"The brightest, most-entertaining film of [Costas-Gavras'] illustrious career."* - Jim...