Summary - Movie Review Example

However, their pursuit was short-lived as the civil war breaks out in the country. As a result, there is a declaration of martial law and immense presence of troops in the streets. One unfortunate day, the soldier comes and takes the young man off. After this action, the journalist wife and father in law (Jack Lemmon) engages in unraveling what happened to the missing man (Costa-Gavras). However, their attempt is frustrated by lack of support from the government agencies both in the country and abroad.

The failure leads to rise of theories on disappearance. Some believe the man was killed as a target of left-wing foreign journalist and hence he might have been killed. Other argued that American embassy officials knew of his whereabouts or were part of authorizing the journalist execution (Costa-Gavras). The movie has been significant in various ways. First, the move shows a strong attack of policies adopted by United States at the time. It is a clear criticism of unwarranted policies directed towards Chilean people (Costa-Gavras).

The movie also evokes anger as one wonders why lack of support to the family looking for one of their own. The anger is aggravated once one realizes it is based on a true story. Moreover, I have come to understand through the movie that families are united by a problem despite underlying differences. This is because prior, there was a difference between the journalist wife and father- in -law (Costa-Gavras). Moreover, the plot of the movie is well organized as the events are tied together in a forward moving narrative as the search for the journalist is intensified (Costa-Gavras).

In the speech, Mandela answers several question raised by the audience in the town hall meeting. Mandela begins by acknowledging the welcome he received. In the first question, he acknowledges ANC condemns racism in various parts of the world (BDS South Africa). He expects peoples that are the victim of racism to come together in fighting the