Missing

Missing is a 1982 political drama about the 1973 Chilean coup that overthrew President Salvador Allende. Allende was the democratically elected Socialist President of Chile. He was killed in the coup and the country was thrown in bloody chaos. Missing centers on the disappearance of American journalist Charlie Hoffman. Hoffman’s father (Jack Lemon) goes to Chile to find his son. Sissy Spacek plays Hoffman’s wife. The movie focuses on the violence of the coup as well as on U.S. involvement and intrigue. It is a first class political drama that won the 1982 Cannes Film Festival’ “Palm d’Or” award