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The Expatriate (2012)

The Expatriate poster
Original title
Erased
Directed by
Philipp Stölzl
Genre
action film, thriller film
Country
Belgium, United States, Canada
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 798 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An ex-CIA agent and his estranged daughter go on the run after his employers erase his identity and target them for death. They must survive a European conspiracy to uncover who is behind the attack.

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What happens

Erased (released as The Expatriate outside of the US) is a 2012 action thriller film directed by Philipp Stölzl, starring Aaron Eckhart and Olga Kurylenko. The story centers on Ben Logan (Aaron Eckhart) an ex-CIA agent and Amy (Liana Liberato), his estranged daughter who are forced on the run when his employers erase all records of his existence, and mark them both for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy. It was released in the US on 17 May 2013, following its acquisition by RADiUS-TWC, the multiplatform distribution label of The Weinstein Company. It was retitled Erased for the US market. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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