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Gavin HoodPhotographie:
Dion BeebeActeurs·trices:
Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally, Aramis Knight, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, Igal Naor, Peter Sarsgaard, Bob Gunton, J.K. Simmons (plus)Résumés(1)
Alors qu'il rentre d'un voyage à l'étranger, Anwar El-Ibrahimi, un ingénieur chimiste américain d'origine égyptienne, est enlevé par la CIA qui le soupçonne d'être un terroriste. Il est secrètement envoyé vers un pays d'Afrique du Nord pour y être interrogé. Pour sa première mission, Douglas Freeman, un analyste de la CIA, est chargé d'assister à l'interrogatoire d'Anwar par une police secrète qui n'hésite pas à utiliser la torture. Face au caractère aussi inhumain qu'illégal de cette séance, le doute va naître dans l'esprit de Douglas quant à sa mission et à la ligne de conduite de son gouvernement. Pendant ce temps, aux Etats-Unis, la femme d'Anwar tente de comprendre ce qui est arrivé à son mari et remonte jusqu'aux plus hautes sphères de l'Etat... (Metropolitan FilmExport)
(plus)Critiques (3)
When a lunatic attacks you, your state is here to take care of you. The attacker will receive a penalty. When it's your dad who attacks you, who do you turn to afterward? This is actually a film about the classic "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" Who will guard the guards themselves? How far can the government go to obtain the truth? How can it treat people? Is torture still permitted? It’s a heavy topic that is sometimes very intense. In war, there is no presumption of innocence or humanity. Is that true? And are we actually still at war, after all? Well, not us, but the Americans. Clearly, wars can never get enough, and in this regard, I'd say the film doesn't exaggerate too much. After all, some of the news that gets out speaks for itself. Torture is still a tool for confession. Just like in the time of the Inquisition. I enjoy movies where you can purely hate the characters. This is one of them. A great idea: By torturing one person, you create countless more enemies. It's not a brilliant piece where everything works perfectly; the acting performances aren't particularly great (except Meryl, but she's always great), and the screenplay is sometimes unnecessarily stretched. However, thematically, it had a strong impact on me.
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Ce film, qui compte beaucoup de grands noms, mérite une étoile supplémentaire pour son excellent final.
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I feel like I've seen this story somewhere before. Every piece of the script seems to have fallen out of a different movie, where it was also better executed. And because you have a combo of The Constant Gardner, Vantage Point, or Babel all in the same place, along with an incomprehensible chronological arrangement, you end up just sifting in vain through the boring parts trying to find something you actually liked. As expected, Reese Witherspoon is the one thing that stands out, as I believe her character completely, and Jake Gyllenhaal effortlessly proves that he is a true acting chameleon. Sadly, two stars for a sterile exploration of relationships with Muslims that ultimately leads nowhere.
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