OUR KIND OF TRAITOR (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting), Naomie Harris (Skyfall), Stellan Skarsgård (Thor), Damian Lewis (Homeland), Alicia von Rittberg (Fury), Mark Gatiss (Sherlock), Mark Stanley (Mr. Turner), Jeremy Northam (Gosford Park), Grigoriy Dobrygin (A Most Wanted Man), Marek Oravec (Captain America: The First Avenger), Katia Elizarova (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Susanna White (Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang), director; Hossein Amini (Drive), writer; Simon Cornwell (A Most Wanted Man), Stephen Cornwell (The Night Manager) and Gail Egan (A Little Chaos), producers; Marcelo Zarvos (American Ultra), composer; Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire), cinematographer; Tariq Anwar (American Beauty) and Lucia Zucchetti (The Queen), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

While on holiday in Marrakesh, British couple Perry (McGregor) and Gail (Harris) become embroiled in the affairs of Russian businessman and money-launderer Dima (Skarsgård), leading them on a torturous journey across Europe while confronting the Russian mafia, the British government, and ruthless MI6 agent Hector (Lewis)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

After the success of The Night Manager, it’s only fitting that we are treated with yet another adaptation of one of John le Carré’s novels that proves to be as thrilling and innovative as anything else the author has done in the past.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 13TH MAY 2016

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