Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Land: United Kingdom, United States
Alternativtitel: The Last Thing He Wanted, A Última Coisa que Ele Queria, Sa dernière volonté, Das Letzte, was er wollte, Az utolsó akarat, Il suo ultimo desiderio, マクマホン・ファイル, Jego ostatnie życzenie, Последнее, чего он хотел, Su último deseo, 他的最後願望
Regisseur: Dee Rees
Autor: Dee Rees, Joan Didion, Marco Villalobos
Produktion & Genre
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Firmen: Elevated Films, Little Red Hen, The Fyzz
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: 1980s, based on novel or book, co-workers relationship, costa rica, el salvador, father daughter relationship, investigative journalism, iran–contra affair, political thriller, sandinism, weapons trafficking, woman director
Handlung
Der folgende Text ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar.
Last Thing He Wanted follows Elena McMahon, an ambitious journalist covering the 1984 U.S. presidential campaign. When her estranged father, Hilton, falls ill in Costa Rica, Elena leaves her assignment to fulfill his last wish. Hilton, it turns out, is a former arms dealer with ties to the Iran-Contra affair. Upon arriving at Hilton's bedside, Elena finds herself drawn into a web of intrigue as she tries to uncover the truth about her father's past and the mysterious weapons deal he was involved in. As she navigates this dangerous landscape, Elena must grapple with her own loyalties and the true cost of her father's secrets.
Zusammenfassung
Der folgende Text ist nur auf Englisch verfügbar.
Last Thing He Wanted is a political thriller directed by Dee Rees, based on Joan Didion's novel of the same name. Set against the backdrop of the Iran-Contra affair in the 1980s, the film explores themes of family secrets, investigative journalism, and the blurred lines between loyalty and betrayal. The story centers around Elena McMahon, a journalist who becomes entangled in her father Hilton's past as an arms dealer, leading her to question not just his legacy but also her own perceptions of reality.
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