The East
2013 · Movie · 116 min. · United States
A story centered on contract worker who is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group, only to find herself falling for its leader. Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) is a brilliant operative for an elite private intelligence firm whose top objective is to ruthlessly protect the interests of their A-list corporate clientele. She is assigned to go undercover to infiltrate an anarchist collective known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. Living amongst them in an effort to get closer to their members, Sarah finds herself unexpectedly torn between two worlds as she starts to fall in love with the group's charismatic leader (Alexander Skarsgård), finding her life and her priorities irrevocably changed.
Direction Zal Batmanglij
Cast Brit Marling · Alexander Skarsgård · Elliot Page · Toby Kebbell · Shiloh Fernandez · Aldis Hodge · Danielle Macdonald · Hillary Baack · Patricia Clarkson · Jason Ritter · Julia Ormond · Richard Zeringue
Soundtrack Halli Cauthery · Harry Gregson-Williams
Screenplay Brit Marling · Zal Batmanglij
Cinematography Roman Vasyanov
Original title The East
6.1
6K votes (FilmAffinity)
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