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MISSING
U.S., 1982
Directed by Costa-Gavras
Starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek
WINNER Cannes Film Festival – Best Actor (Jack Lemmon), Palme d’Or (Costa-Gavras), 1982
WINNER Academy Awards® – Best Adapted Screenplay (Costa-Gavras, Donald Stewart), 1983
Approx. 122 min DCP.
“Based on Thomas Hauser's book The Execution Of Charles Horman, MISSING takes place in an unnamed Latin American country, but it doesn't take much sleuthing to figure out that it's 1973 Chile during General Pinochet's military coup over Salvador Allende's democratically elected socialist government. Charles Horman was an American journalist and filmmaker living in Santiago with his wife Joyce, played in MISSING by Sissy Spacek, when he disappeared and was never heard from again. Though his father Ed (Lemmon), a New York businessman, has always found his son flaky and naïve, and doesn't approve of his lifestyle, he joins Joyce in a wild-goose chase through bureaucratic dead ends. They eventually come to suspect that the American consulate is lying to them about Charles' disappearance and about their country's investment in the coup's success.” – The A.V. Club
Presented with support from the Ada Katz Fund for Literature in Film
Reviews
“A suspense-thriller of real cinematic style.”
– Vincent Canby, The New York Times
“Proving Lemmon was equally adept at comedies as well as heavy weight dramas…one of his great performances.”
– William Thomas, Empire
“MISSING will remain the cinematic evocation of a military coup for years to come.”
– Time Out