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Missing (1982 film)

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Missing is a 1982 American drama directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. It follows an American businessman and his daughter-in-law searching Santiago for his journalist son, who disappeared during the 1973 Chilean military coup, uncovering evidence of United States government involvement in the disappearance along the way. The film shared the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival with the Turkish film Yol, with Lemmon named best actor, and went on to win the Academy Award for best adapted screenplay. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1982 1
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1. Missing (1982 film) (Wikipedia)
  • Missing (1982 film), Description, original language
    Missing is a 1982 American drama directed by Costa-Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek.
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    February 12, 1982
  • In Medium: Film, Article lead sentence
    Missing (stylized as missing.) is a 1982 American biographical thriller drama film directed by Costa-Gavras from a screenplay written by Gavras and Donald E.
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