Secret Defense
Secret défense
2008, Film, 100 min, Thriller, French, France, MoviePedia score 62
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.
Directed by Philippe Haïm
Cast
- Gérard Lanvin as Alex
- Vahina Giocante as Lisa
- Nicolas Duvauchelle as Pierre
- Mehdi Nebbou as Ahmed
- Rachida Brakni as Chadia
- Simon Abkarian as Al Barad
- Aurélien Wiik as Jérémy
- Katia Lewkowicz as Aline
- Kamel Belghazi as Aziz
- Djemel Barek as Khaled
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