Secrets of State

Secrets of State

5.8IMDb Score
Released:2008-12-10
Genre:Thriller
Duration:100 min
Country:France
Director:Philippe Haïm
Actors:Gérard Lanvin, Vahina Giocante, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Simon Abkarian, Rachida Brakni
Production:UGC Distribution, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma

Overview:

In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.

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