Country: UK, Ireland
Year: 2012
Duration: 100'
Collette comes from a family of Belfast terrorists with ties to the IRA. When she is arrested in London after a failed attack, she finds herself at a crossroads: spend the next twenty-five years in prison or become a mole for the British secret services? It’s not just her freedom at stake, she also risks losing her son. She decides to become a collaborator, returns to Belfast and starts to spy on her family. Caught between shame because she feels like a traitor and the deep moral reserves that torment her, Collette can only count on Mac, the intelligence agent who arrested her. But how can she survive in a world in which there is no longer any distinction between good and evil and intrigue is the name of the game?
Biography
film director
James Marsh
(Truro, UK, 1963) began his film career making documentaries for the BBC; in 1999, he directed his first feature film, Wisconsin Death Trip, which became a cult movie. In 2005, his film The King was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in the section Un certain regarde. Man on Wire (2008) won over twenty-five international prizes, including the 2009 Oscar for best documentary. Project Nim (2011) received the directing award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Shadow Dancer and The Theory of Everything (with which Eddie Redmayne won ad Academy Award) was presented at the Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Animator of Prague (doc., 1990), The Burger & the King: The Life & Cuisine of Elvis Presley (doc., 1996), Wisconsin Death Trip (1999), The Team (doc., 2005), The King (2005), Man on Wire (Man on Wire - Un uomo tra le torri, doc., 2008), Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1980 (2009), Project Nim (id., doc., 2011), Shadow Dancer (Doppio gioco, 2012), The Theory of Everything (La teoria del tutto, 2014), The Night of (ep, The Night of - Cos'è successo quella notte?, serie tv, 2016), The Mercy (Il mistero di Donald C., 2018), King of Thieves (2018), Dance First (2023)
Declaration
film director
“When I received Tom Bradby’s script, I began reading with a heavy heart [...]. But Tom found an interesting psychological premise that drives his story – what would it be like to betray your own family and spy on them every day? That’s what got me hooked on it, along with all the cynicism and treachery within the story.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
James Marsh
sceneggiatura/screenplay Tom Brady
fotografia/cinematography Rob Hardy
montaggio/film editing Jinx Godfrey
scenografia/production design Jon Henson
costumi/costume design Lorna Marie Mugan
musica/music Dickon Hinchliffe
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Clive Owen (Mac), Andrea Riseborough (Collette), Gillian Anderson (Kate Fletcher), Aidan Gillen (Gerry), Domhnall Gleeson (Connor), Bríd Brennan (Ma), David Wilmot (Kevin Mulville), Stuart Graham (Ian Gilmore), Martin Mccann (Brendan)
produttore/producer Chris Coen
produzione/production Unanimous Entertainment
coproduttori/coproducers Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney, Camille Gatin coproduzione/coproduction Element Pictures
distribuzione/distribution Moviemax
vendita all’estero/world sales Wildbunch International
sceneggiatura/screenplay Tom Brady
fotografia/cinematography Rob Hardy
montaggio/film editing Jinx Godfrey
scenografia/production design Jon Henson
costumi/costume design Lorna Marie Mugan
musica/music Dickon Hinchliffe
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Clive Owen (Mac), Andrea Riseborough (Collette), Gillian Anderson (Kate Fletcher), Aidan Gillen (Gerry), Domhnall Gleeson (Connor), Bríd Brennan (Ma), David Wilmot (Kevin Mulville), Stuart Graham (Ian Gilmore), Martin Mccann (Brendan)
produttore/producer Chris Coen
produzione/production Unanimous Entertainment
coproduttori/coproducers Andrew Lowe, Ed Guiney, Camille Gatin coproduzione/coproduction Element Pictures
distribuzione/distribution Moviemax
vendita all’estero/world sales Wildbunch International