British Agent
80'
USA
IFFR 2019
A British-American Cold War spy thriller directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman, fresh from their successful cooperation on The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. This has been described as the first anti-spy film, and was not as successful and appreciated as Huston's other films at the time of its release. However, the fact that the plot seems complicated and sometimes confusing is only one of its many charms!
Newman plays Reardon, a British secret agent who assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organisation. Following the successful breakout, Reardon finds himself drugged and sent to (Huston's beloved) Ireland. Starring a young Dominique Sanda and some of the great British actors of the time, including James Mason – as the bad guy, of course.
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Spying as a way of filming, and the camera as an espionage tool. From more control to more confusion. Classics to contemporary highlights.
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USA
IFFR 2019
Three stories of espionage in the Middle East, with images shot on a trip to Cairo in 2016, another to Tehran in 2008 and never-seen-before footage from Sana'a, Yemen. A love story and a suspense tale, mixed in with a dash of comedy and paranoia.
25'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
Impressive docudrama set in Korea about interrogation techniques used on prisoners. Was not allowed to be screened for 45 years.
64'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019