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This based-on-a-true-story thriller documents the assassination of a left-leaning (i.e., democratic, rational) politico, probably in Greece, by hired thugs of the military running the country. The film by Costa-Gavras (who also did "Missing) is still great and worthwhile. The judge who unveils the conspiracy has a great montage at the end where he hauls all who are responsible before him and, whatever position they hold or protests they make, he always says the same thing: "Name and profession." It puts them in their place, and it shows that the real hero is the one who demands the truth from power.