Missing

Details

Instance of

film

Publication date

12 February 1982, 12 March 1982, 19 May 1982, 26 May 1982, 27 May 1982, 28 May 1982, 4 June 1982, 9 July 1982, 22 July 1982, 23 July 1982, 25 July 1982, 13 August 1982

Director

Costa-Gavras

Composer

Vangelis

Based on

The Execution of Charles Horman: An American Sacrifice

Genre

drama film, biographical film, thriller film

Depicts

Military dictatorship of Chile, 1973 Chilean coup d'état, enforced disappearance

Awards

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Palme d'Or, Writers Guild of America Award, National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

after a work by

Thomas Hauser

assessment

Bechdel test

Australian Classification

M

cast member

Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea, Janice Rule, Charles Cioffi, David Clennon, Jerry Hardin, Richard Bradford, Joe Regalbuto, Keith Szarabajka, Martin LaSalle

characters

Joyce Horman, Edmund Horman, Charles Edmund Horman Lazar, Frank Teruggi

CNC film rating (France)

no age restriction

color

color

country of origin

United States

different from

Missing

director of photography

Ricardo Aronovich

distributed by

Universal Pictures

duration

122

film editor

Françoise Bonnot

filming location

Mexico

FSK film rating

FSK 12

Kijkwijzer rating

12

narrative location

Chile, Santiago

nominated for

Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

original language of film or TV show

Spanish, English

producer

Edward Lewis

production company

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

review score

7.8/10, 94%

screenwriter

Costa-Gavras, Donald E. Stewart, Thomas Hauser

set in period

20th century

title

Missing

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