The Last Thing He Wanted

The Last Thing He Wanted

4.9IMDb Score
Released:2020-02-14
Duration:116 min
Director:Dee Rees
Actors:Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe, Edi Gathegi
Production:Elevated Films, Little Red Hen, The Fyzz

Overview:

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

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