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The Current War is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon released in USA on 4 october 2019 with Benedict Cumberbatch

The Current War (2018)

The Current War
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Released in USA 4 october 2019
Length 1h47
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Biography,    Historical
Rating65% 3.252933.252933.252933.252933.25293

The Current War est un film américain réalisé par Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, sorti en 2017. Il est présenté en avant-première au festival international du film de Toronto 2017. La société The Weinstein Company, qui devait à l'origine distribuer ce film, ayant fait faillite suite à l'affaire Harvey Weinstein, les dates de sorties nationales ont été suspendues ou repoussées. La première sortie nationale en salles se fait en 2019, en Grèce.

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À la fin des années 1880, la guerre des courants oppose les deux géants de l'électricité : Thomas Edison et George Westinghouse. Le premier est partisan de l'utilisation du courant continu alors que George Westinghouse, tout comme Nikola Tesla, préfère l'utilisation du courant alternatif.

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