The fact that this old movie won two Oscars means it must be good, at least in the eyes of a lot of people. And for a movie from 1969 it is well made and acted but compared to the movies we get now it's just an okay movie. It's rather long but never boring and that's mostly due to the acting from several good French actors. It's nice to see a young Yves Montand and Jean-Louis Trintignant, both actors that will make a bunch of other good movies later on. The cast is full of good French actors, the story is well told and even a bit timeless. We still have the same corruption nowadays, still the same bad police and magistrates, in short we still see it happening every day. Z is certainly worth watching, but I'm not sure it would win those Oscars if the movie came out now.
Review of Z
