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László Szabó has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2010s.
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In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.
Dir. Costa-Gavras · With Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, Gabriele Ferzetti

Lemmy Caution is on a mission to eliminate Professor Von Braun, the creator of a malevolent computer that rules the city of Alphaville. Befriended by the scientist’s daughter Natasha, Lemmy must unravel the mysteries of the strictly logical Alpha 60 and teach Natasha the meaning of the word “love.”
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff

Despite his lack of political convictions, photojournalist Bruno Forestier is roped into a paramilitary group waging a shadow war in Geneva against the Algerian independence movement.
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Michel Subor, Anna Karina, Henri-Jacques Huet

Feeling suffocated by a possessive boyfriend, work and suburban life, a young woman starts spending the weekends in her Paris apartment in order to reclaim some of her lost freedom.
Dir. Éric Rohmer · With Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini
Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard · With Anna Karina, László Szabó, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Just as the disheveled and alcoholic filmmaker Ismaël embarks on a difficult new film project, his life is sent into a tailspin. His wife Carlotta, presumed dead for 20 years, come crashing back into his life creating chaos in his work and his current romantic relationship with the starry-eyed astronomer Sylvia.
Dir. Arnaud Desplechin · With Mathieu Amalric, Marion Cotillard, Charlotte Gainsbourg
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