Film

Secrets of State

2008 · 1h 40m · Thriller

IMDb

6.3

In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.

Gérard Lanvin

Alex

Vahina Giocante

Diane / Lisa

Nicolas Duvauchelle

Pierre

Simon Abkarian

Al Barad

Rachida Brakni

Leïla / Chadia

Mehdi Nebbou

Ahmed

Aurélien Wiik

Jérémy

Nicolas Marié

Fouche

Katia Lewkowicz

Aline

Kamel Belghazi

Aziz

Djemel Barek

Khaled

Carim Messalti

Hajj

Hassam Ghancy

Danar

Salem Kali

Salem

Moussa Maaskri

Slim

Saïd Amadis

Client Lisa

• Philippe HaïmDirector
• Julien SibonyWriter
• Alexander EmmertProducer
• Yves MarmionProducer

Release date

December 10, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

16

Budget

$15,000,000

Genres

Thriller

• 

  The Devil's Own

  1997

• 

  The Sum of All Fears

  2002

• 

  The Kingdom

  2007

• 

  Bordertown

  2007

• Heads or Tails

  2005

• 

  Dead Bang

  1989

• 

  The Day of the Jackal

  1973

• 

  Best Seller

  1987

• 

  Southland Tales

  2007

• 

  The Jackal

  1997

• 

  Live Wire

  1992

• 

  The Star Chamber

  1983