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Watched the political detective “Zeta” / Z, 1969, filmed by the French Greek Costa Gavras based on the book of the same name Vasilis Vasilikos, which was based on real events that occurred in Greece, when the demonstration was killed MP Grigoris Lambrakis, and the investigation in the case was led by the investigator Christos Sarcetakis, who later became President of Greece. In the film, the country and the names of the characters are not named. In a not-so-small town, the opposition MP Doctor is expected to arrive (as he is called because he was a doctor, like his prototype), his supporters prepare a hall for a speech, but at the last minute they are refused everywhere and manage to rent only a small hall for 200 seats. In the evening, a crowd of pro-government protesters and a large number of police officers gather in front of this hall. Fights begin, but nevertheless, the Doctor goes into the hall, although on the way he gets a blow to the head, and conducts his speech, at the end of which he goes to the square and addresses the police prefect, who hastily hides in the crowd, the Doctor and his supporters are surrounded by aggressive people, a fight begins, after some time they manage to escape, but then from anywhere there is a car that knocks the Doctor down and hides, one of the Doctor’s supporters manages to jump into the body, where the one who will be the main culprit of the murder. Doctors are taken to the hospital, do three operations, but after a couple of days he dies and it turns out that the cause of death was just a blow to the head, apparently a baton, and not an accident, as the authorities try to imagine. They are assigned to investigate the case of a young investigator (Jean-Louis Trentignan), who turns out to be very stubborn and digs to the bottom, finding out that it was a contract murder organized by representatives of the authorities and the police. In this he is greatly assisted by photographs taken by a young correspondent from the capital (Jacques Perrin). As a result, the perpetrators are punished, but the higher the post, the less severe the punishment they receive. Why is the movie called that? The Doctor's supporters draw this letter on the pavement and on posters, meaning "He's alive."
