In his breakthrough thriller, Greek expatriate Costa-Gavras takes us through the dizzying—at times infuriating, at times nearly surreal—process of ferreting out the truth in a politically charged cover-up that, despite its historical specificity, is most powerfully seen as an indictment of the general abuse of power that comes under any form of fascism. Propelled by the jaunty, sometimes comically overstated music score and documentary-like cinematography, the film is a relentlessly fast-paced mystery with a clear-cut ideological agenda that will stab at anyone with a conscience. (DVD)