Special Section

Special Section
Directed byCosta-Gavras
Written byCosta-Gavras
Jorge Semprún
Hervé Villeré
Produced byGérard Crosnier
StarringLouis Seigner
CinematographyAndréas Winding
Edited byFrançoise Bonnot
Music byMichel Legrand
Distributed byLes Artistes Associés
Release date
  • 23 April 1975 (1975-04-23)
Running time
118 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Special Section (French: Section spéciale) is a 1975 French film directed by Costa-Gavras and based on the novel L'affaire de la Section Spéciale by Hervé Villeré. It stars Louis Seigner, Roland Bertin, Michael Lonsdale, Ivo Garrani, François Maistre, Jacques Spiesser, Henri Serre, Heinz Bennent and Claude Piéplu. It is named after the Special Sections of Vichy France.

The film shared the Best Director prize at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review. It was also nominated for a Golden Globe award for best foreign film.