Profile (2018)

Directed by

Timur Bekmambetov

Genre

thriller film, screenlife

Country

Cyprus, Russia, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 164 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist creates a fake online profile to investigate a recruiter for the Islamic State. As she goes deeper undercover, the digital interaction becomes increasingly dangerous and blurs the line between her real life and her online persona.

tensesuspensefulclaustrophobicurgentunsettlingdigital-eragrippingreal-time

What happens

Profile is a 2018 screenlife thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, from a screenplay by Bekmambetov, Britt Poulton, and Olga Kharina, based upon the non-fiction book In The Skin of a Jihadist by Anna Erelle. It stars Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh and Morgan Watkins. The film had its world premiere at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival on February 17, 2018, in the Panorama section. It was released in the United States on May 14, 2021, by Focus Features, and received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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