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Z
1969
· Movie
· 127 min
A
MEANRANK
82/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #345
- IMDb #280
- Google retired #3396
- Rotten Tomatoes #280
- Metacritic #335
- Letterboxd #63
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #548
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #386
- Metacritic Critics #347
- Metacritic Audience #570
- Criticker #40
- Kinopoisk #971
- AlloCiné #272
- Trakt #554
Every rating
68–94
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Google on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 94.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
Details
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Writers
- Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprún
- Based on
- Z by Vassilis Vassilikos
- Studio
- Valoria Films, Reggane Films, Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
- Released
- 26 February 1969
- Country
- Algeria, France
- Language
- French, Russian, English
- Runtime
- 127 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $83.3K
- Awards
- 9 wins, 9 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 18 →6 major awards won · 9 wins from 18 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1970 | Best Foreign Language Film | Algeria | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1970 | Best Film Editing | Françoise Bonnot | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1970 | Best Film Music | Mikis Theodorakis | Winner |
| Golden Globes 1970 | Best Foreign Language Film | Costa-Gavras | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1969 | Best Actor | Jean-Louis Trintignant | Winner |
| Cannes Film Festival 1969 | Jury Prize | Costa-Gavras | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1970 | Best Director | Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1970 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Jorge Semprún and Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
5 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film Editing | Françoise Bonnot | Winner |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Algeria | Winner |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Jorge Semprún and Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
| Best Director | Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Ahmed Rachedi and Jacques Perrin | Nominee |
Cannes Film Festival
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Jean-Louis Trintignant | Winner |
| Jury Prize | Costa-Gavras | Winner |
| Palme d'Or | Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Film Music | Mikis Theodorakis | Winner |
| Best Editing | Françoise Bonnot | Nominee |
| Best Film | Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Costa-Gavras, Jorge Semprun | Nominee |
| United Nations Award | Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
Golden Globes
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Foreign Language Film | Costa-Gavras | Winner |
Directors Guild of America Award
1 nomination
| Best Director | Costa-Gavras | Nominee |
New York Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Director | Costa-Gavras | Winner |
| Best Film | Costa-Gavras | Winner |
National Society of Film Critics
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Film | Costa-Gavras | Winner |