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Backstabbing for Beginners is a american film of genre Drama directed by Per Fly released in USA on 27 april 2018 with Theo James
Backstabbing for Beginners (2018)
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Add to a movie listTrahison d'État (Backstabbing for Beginners) est un thriller politique canado-dano-américain coécrit et réalisé par Per Fly, sorti en 2018.
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Jeune homme idéaliste, Michael Sullivan décroche l'emploi de ses rêves : il devient coordinateur de l'opération Pétrole contre nourriture, un programme visant à satisfaire les besoins humanitaires du peuple irakien après la guerre du Golfe. Mais Sullivan découvre que derrière cette opération humanitaire se cache une conspiration au plus haut niveau. L'Irak attise la convoitise de bon nombre d'agents du gouvernement américain et de pays étrangers. Après avoir mené une enquête secrète, l'apprenti fonctionnaire comprend que ses soupçons étaient bien fondés et qu'une importante affaire de corruption est en train de prendre forme. Mais il s'aperçoit que son propre chef est lui-même impliqué dans ce scandale comme de nombreux responsables politiques. Sullivan n'a pas d'autre choix que de devenir un lanceur d'alerte qui, en révélant les faits, met en danger sa vie et la carrière de son mentor.Actors
Theo James
(Michael)
Ben Kingsley
(Pasha)
Jacqueline Bisset
(Christina Dupre)
Rossif Sutherland
(Trevor)
David Dencik
(Rasnetsov)
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