Z (1969)

Yves Montand: Z

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• Z : They struck me. Why? Why do the ideas we stand for incite such violence? Why is peace intolerable to them? Why don't they attack other organizations and movements? The answer is simple. The other movements are national, for domestic purposes, and thus leave our allies indifferent...

• Z : We lack hospitals and doctors, but half the budget goes for military expenditures...

• Z : A single cannon is fired and a teacher's monthly salary goes up in smoke.

• Z : Worldwide, there are too many soldiers ready to fire at the slightest display of progress...

• Z : We live in a weak and corrupt society where it's everyman for himself - Even imagination is suspect, yet it is required to solve the problems of our planet, where the destructive power of stockpiled nuclear warheads equals a ton of dynamite for each person.

• Z : We serve the people and the people require the truth. The people require the truth.

• Z : The truth is the start of powerful, united action.

• Z : [Z to his wife in flashback]  Want to tell them the truth? They'll live the truth later.

• Manuel : It's a set-up.

  Z : A set-up by whom?

  Manuel : We want foreign bases dismantled. It's the CIA.

• Z : They cannot tolerate this meeting or our presence and employ hired thugs to shout down and attack us.