OSCARS '82: Missing

“Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and also to protect the film.”

CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of kidnapping, political murder, military, genocide, disappearance, family strife, military dictatorship.

It's a rare chance we get to watch a ripped-from-the-headlines movie that's as much a family drama as a political thriller. But Greek director Costa-Gavras loves complicating our expectation of a political movie, and he's willing to defy conventional movie wisdom to try and make us feel like we're in the middle of a coup d'etat. There's no resolution, the story is a bit disjointed, but for Costa-Gavras and the Horman family, that's their truth - they still don't know what really happened. And it's their mission to try and make us feel that weight to turn around and do something about it. Oscars '82 continues this week with the underrated gem Missing on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!

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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive.

Excerpt taken from “Main Theme from ‘Missing’” is written and composed by Vangelis and released on his album Themes. © 1989 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg.

Excerpt taken from the film Annie is © 1981 Rastar Films, Inc. All Rights Reserved.