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Film · 2019

Official Secrets

Directed by Gavin Hood · starring Keira Knightley, Matt Smith and Matthew Goode

  • 1 h 52 min
  • 15
  • Biography · Crime · Drama
  • UKUSA
  • Released in the UK 17 October 2019
  • 6.5 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.8 Users5 votes
  • 6.1 Critics7 reviews
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Synopsis

The film is set in the year 2003, just before Iraq's War, when Great Britain and USA look for an excuse to invade the asian country. Katharine Gun (Keira Knightley) is a translator for the British GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) that receives a confidential email that urges to spy members from the UN with the purpose of approving the resolution to go to war by coercing representatives from different countries. This information would prove the collaboration between Great Britain and USA in order to ensured the armed conflict in a fraudulent way. Intrigued by the email, she decides to print it and keep the physical copy.

Katharine will try to prove the authenticity of this information that, if published, would involve a really great accusation. When Katharine decides to make the email public by sending it to the press, she is charged with an offence under section 1 of the Official Secrets Act and the government starts a process that could end up in jail time. With her lawyers, she will have to defend her acts and beliefs while her whole life turns around and everything she loves can be in danger.

The film si based on the real story that Katharine Teresa Gun lived in 2003, when she decided to bring to light this political corruption case.

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The essentials

Runtime
112 min1 hour and 52 minutes
Box office
£1.8min UK
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Official Secrets?
1 hour and 52 minutes (112 minutes).
When was Official Secrets released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 17 October 2019.
Who directed Official Secrets?
Gavin Hood.
Who is in Official Secrets?
It stars Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode and Rhys Ifans.
Where can I watch Official Secrets?
In the UK you can watch it on rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
How much did Official Secrets make?
It took £1.8 million in UK.
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Cast

Full cast (31)
Director
Gavin Hood
Writers
Gavin Hood
Producers
Colin Firth, Anne Sheehan

Videos and trailers

All 2 videos
'Official Secrets' trailer 2:2615 July 2019

Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 7 reviews
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What the critics say average 6.1 from 7

  • 8.0 Screen DailyTim Grierson Director Gavin Hood gives the proceedings a rousing electricity, and he?s aided by a cast which leans into the story?s urgency and continued relevance. Read
  • 8.0 Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan A model of professionalism and energy, Official Secrets moves along at a brisk clip. It?s paced like a police procedural, but it focuses not on an investigator but rather a moral exemplar who takes… Read
  • 7.0 The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney This is the kind of recent history lesson that tends these days to acquire more texture as a limited-series cable drama. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • UK £1.8m

Trivia

All 6 facts

  • You look familiar

    Indira Varma and Conleth Hill were both casted in Game of Thrones.

  • Real live partners

    Katherine Gun, played by Keira Knightley, lives now in Turkey her husband Yasar Gun played in the movie by palestinian actor Adam Bakri.

  • Knightley and Fiennes

    It's the second time Keira Knightley and Ralph Fiennes share film set. The first time was for 'The Duchess' (2008).

  • Together

    Keira Knightley appeared along Matthews Goode in 'The Imitation Game' (2014).

  • Book

    The film is based on the book 'The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War: Katharine Gun and the Secret Plot to Sanction the Iraq Invasion' written by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell.

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