Washington Summit Washington Summit The Washington Summit of 1987 was a Cold War-era meeting between United States president Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev that took place December 8–10. Reagan and Gorbachev discussed regional conflicts in Afghanistan, Central America, and Southern Africa, arms control issues for chemical weapons as well as conventional weapons, the status of START negotiations, and human rights. A notable accomplishment of the Washington Summit was the signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Following the near-breakthrough of the previous year's Reykjavik Summit, and much to the chagrin of
Scene of the Crime (1986 film) out a series of violent passions, with the boy caught in the middle. Téchiné's tight, emotionally suppressed, direction worked within the codes of melodrama. The film's two concerns are repression and freedom. The film was nominated for Palme d'Or at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. In 1987 the film received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress (Danielle Darrieux). Scene of the Crime (1986 film) Scene of the Crime () is a 1986 French drama film directed by André Téchiné, starring Catherine Deneuve, Wadeck Stanczak and Danielle Darrieux. The film tells the story of a crumbling family in rural