Z - 1969 - 03 - Film by costas gavras

You could sell them to the ''Daily Worker.'' They are blas. So are they. No more NATO bases! Calm down! No fighting! No provocation! You just ease them away. You don't push. Leave them alone. Calm down! Don't provoke them ! Mr. Lawyer! Start now! There's no more room up there! Squeeze them in! Get the speakers. Ready? I'll get them. Go on in. Let them in. So that's it. What? The new opposition. Women go for him. Communist? Never. He's antiforeign. Next election, he'll win. Good-looking. Ex-Olympic champ, doc, college professor... and honest politician. Perfection. He's at the Bolshoi. He must cancel it. We back down. To avoid provoking the crowd. The students could maintain order. A free-for-all! You and your nonviolence. We must respect the law. The law of the jungle. They stuck us in that hall. It's a trap. Set by whom? The C.I.A. We want the foreign bases to be dismantled. You think too much. There are some stubborn extremists. The threats? It's not the first time. We've all taken risks. They're all at the Bolshoi. Keep trying. The police must face their responsibility. We're going to our rally. Rotten politicians! We'll put you in your graves! We'll kill you all! Stay outside. -And you? -I'm a mason. OK, let's go. They hit me. Why? Why do our ideas provoke such violence? Why don't they like peace? Why don't they attack other organizations? The answer is simple. The others are nationalists used by the government... and don't upset our Judas allies who betray us. General, they're getting out of hand. I'll have the loudspeakers cut off. It would excite the others. Don't do that. Where's the chief of police? I was told he's here. Really? He must be over there. We lack hospitals and doctors... but half the budget goes for military expenditures. He's the one! A cannon is fired... and a teacher's monthly salary goes up in smoke! That's why they can't bear us or our meetings... and use hired thugs to jeer and attack us. Around the world, too many soldiers are ready to fire... on anything moving toward progress. He's our guy? You sure? I think. An Olympic champ? Stop! Finish him off. ***! It's not him ! I told you it wasn't! They said it was! Take off! I'll go around to avoid the cops. Tomatoes out of season. They cost a fortune. Fix your muffler. I can't even make the monthly payments. ***! The cops! But our fight is theirs, too. We live in a weak and corrupt society... where it's every man for himself. It's blocked off here, too. Hide. Even imagination is suspect... yet it's needed to solve world problems. The stockpile of A-bombs is equal... to one ton of dynamite per person on Earth. *** again? Yeah. They want to prevent us from reaching the obvious... political conclusions based on these simple truths... but we will speak out. We serve the people, and the people need the truth. Send them back to the Bolshoi. The truth is the start of powerful, united action.