We check off another genre from our remaking bucket list: French-Algerian political crime drama! Behold, part one of our episode on Z, an Academy Award-winning film telling a fictionalized version of an assassination and political cover-up. Come along for the ride in our three-wheeled pick-up!

Intro question: Favorite foreign language film (of late or ever):

• Amelie
• Il Postino
• The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
• Kung Fu Hustle
• Run Lola Run
• Wetlands
• Princess Mononoke
• Parasite

Remakers Mark Recommends:

• Louis and Dan and the Invisible Band
• Koo Koo Kanga Roo
• They Might be Giants

Photojournalist originally played by Jacques Perrin

• Kelly Marie Tran
• Jared Leto
• LaKeith Stanfield
• Rupert Grint
• Daniel Bruhl

The Examining Magistrate (Le juge d’instruction) originally played by Jean-Louis Trintignant

• Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
• Jude Law
• Adam Driver
• Daniel Radcliffe
• Liev Schrieber

Minor Characters

• Yves Montand
• Gary Oldman
• Irene Papas
• Claire Foy
• Pierre Dux
• Geoffrey Rush
• Marcel Bozzuffi
• Renato Salvatori
• Tom Hardy
• Max Riemelt
• François Périer
• Stellan Skarsgaard