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A Most Wanted Man (2014)

A Most Wanted Man poster
Directed by
Anton Corbijn
Genre
drama film, crime film, spy film, thriller film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 1,504 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A German intelligence officer runs a covert operation to recruit a Chechen immigrant as an informant. The story follows the cat-and-mouse game between spies and counterintelligence agencies in post-9/11 Hamburg.

tenseslow-burnbleaksuspensefulmelancholicgrittymethodicalcerebral

What happens

A Most Wanted Man is a 2014 espionage thriller film based on the 2008 novel by John le Carré, directed by Anton Corbijn and written by Andrew Bovell. The film stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Homayoun Ershadi, Daniel Brühl and Nina Hoss. It premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and competed in the main competition section of the 36th Moscow International Film Festival and the 40th Deauville American Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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