Official Secrets

Official Secrets

  • Director: Gavin Hood
  • Writer: Sara Bernstein,Gregory Bernstein,Gavin Hood
  • Countries of origin: United Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, China
  • Language: English, Mandarin
  • Release date: August 30, 2019
  • Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
  • Also known as: Bí Mật Che Giấu
  • "Official Secrets" is a biographical crime film directed by Gavin Hood and starring Keira Christina Knightley , Matthew Robert Smith and Ralph Fiennes . It was released in the United States on August 30, 2019.
    The film is adapted from real events and tells the story of British whistleblower Catherine Gun leaking to the media the illegal espionage operations of the United States and Britain on the eve of the Iraq War   .

    Details

    • Release date August 30, 2019
    • Filming locations Thurstaston Beach, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
    • Production companies Entertainment One, Above The Line Productions, Classified Films

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,988,546

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $64,965

    Gross worldwide

    $10,088,753

    Movie reviews

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    • By Rosella 2022-03-23 09:02:47

      some small details

      1. What is impressive is that after Katherine turned herself in and was locked up, the sheriff interrogated her, and she could openly discuss the issue of governments change.

      And because she has not been charged, she has committed such a big crime and can still be released on bail.

      Several language dialogue lines in the movie are very exciting, such as the discussion between the heroine and the...

    • By Wilfrid 2022-03-23 09:02:47

      Reflection is always respectable

      The film describes the process of the struggle between personal conscience and the state apparatus. The heroine emphasizes that her intelligence gathering work is not for the government, but for the people, and for thousands of people to avoid unjust wars. She exposed the United States to the media. The black box operation between the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom has led to a series of troubles. In the end, her case was won somewhat inexplicably. In any case, the film is a true...

    • By Macie 2022-03-23 09:02:47

      A few afterthoughts

      1. The state will deceive and state bullying.

      2. In a system that can reflect, there are more good people than bad people, there are more good people, and it is difficult for the country to do bad things.

      3. Although the legitimacy can be tampered with, the legal system is still the premise of fairness.

      4. The truth of history will be exposed sooner or later, sooner or later. The film didn't take many years.

      5. The network is still the most important, to find the...

    • By Celestine 2022-03-23 09:02:47

      Who is the real traitor?

      When I watched this movie, it was on the domestic Internet that FF’s diary was published overseas, and it was criticized by many people, thinking it was a smear of the great motherland, and some people even thought FF was a traitor, a traitor, and a traitor. According to the standards of these people, I think the heroine in this movie can be shot 10,000 times by them.

      A woman who worked for the government in an intelligence agency made the country's secrets public, brought...

    • By Taurean 2022-03-23 09:02:47

      She is naive, but brave.

      Below are excerpts from individual lines:

      I mostly translate communications intelligence and report what I think my clients will need.

      My client, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense.

      But, I don't work for the government. Governments will change and I only work for the British people.

      I gather information,

      It is for the government to better protect the British people,

      Not so that the government...

    User comments

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    • By Claud 2023-04-07 23:15:20

      How can intelligence agencies copy and print documents at will? It feels...

    • By Syble 2023-02-27 08:32:03

      This sense of justice and courage to fight against power and lies is quite moving at this...

    • By Bartholome 2022-11-10 05:04:05

      I feel like throwing up when I see some of the comments and discussions? What happens in China is a miracle, what...

    • By Ephraim 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      You can look at the Iraq War from the perspective of vice, Britain and the United...

    • By Leann 2022-04-24 07:01:17

      Basically a shit movie. But it reflects the mainstream values ​​of Western...

    Movie plot

    In 2003, the United States and Britain tried their best to invade Iraq. It was discovered by British government communications headquarters translator Katherine Gun ( Keira Christina Knightley ) that in order to force the United Nations Security Council to support the United Kingdom and the United States in its military strikes against Iraq, the US National Security Agency illegally pressured the Security Council.
    The whistleblower,...
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    Evaluation action

    "Official Secrets" restores history very accurately, just like learning a history book. This production effect is related to director Gavin Hood, who has a wealth of experience in restoring historical themes of film works. This is a British thriller about espionage and surveillance. The director's description in this work is very low-key, but at the same time the content of the plot is also very ruthless   . (Comment by "Sydney Morning...
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    Movie quotes

    • Ed Vulliamy: This paper can't be seen to be supporting a war that we should be doing everything in our power to expose as a con. *A neocon giant fucking con!*

    • Martin Bright: [on the 2003 anti-war demos] Well, it's everywhere. Every Country. Biggest demonstration in human history!

    • [last lines]

      Ben Emmerson: Why did you keep her in a state of distress for a year before you brought charges?

      Ken Macdonald: The services wanted to make an example of her. If we'd dropped the case any earlier, what kind of messages would that have sent?

      Ben Emmerson: Do me a favour, Ken. Go and fish somewhere else.