Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco’s Union Square, the man manages to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul sets out to determine if the couple are in danger.

This Oscar®-nominated classic directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman is an enthralling character study inspired by Antonioni’s Blow-Up. Embodying the Cold War era of paranoia with formal and political rigor, The Conversation deservingly won the Palme d’Or in 1974.