Two friends who know how to make original films. An original story about a young ex-FBI agent doing private spying on an eco-terrorist group and how her attitudes and life change. A beautiful, elegant lead actor, Alexander Skarsgard. The wonderful Ellen Page, completely convincing as a committed terrorist/gamin.
And yet the film has earned less than $2 million since its May 2013 release. A lot of people who would love this movie are missing out.
Brit Marland is an actor of considerable talent, and Zal Batmanglij an able young director of indie films. Together, they've created and co-wrote this tight, suspenseful thriller that follows Marland's character from DC's posh Georgetown district to the wilds of ... well, we really never know. There, on behalf of her private spy firm boss, Patricia Clarkson playing a blond megalomaniac, she's got to discover who this group "The East" is, and what they're up to.
But life, of course, is not as simple as Good Guys vs. Bad Guys.
Marland and Batmanglij do a beautiful job of realizing a story on screen that never over-stretches, remains credible, and hangs together right through the closing credits.
This is a diamond in the rough. Find where it's playing, or rent the DVD when it comes out, and watch it!
And yet the film has earned less than $2 million since its May 2013 release. A lot of people who would love this movie are missing out.
Brit Marland is an actor of considerable talent, and Zal Batmanglij an able young director of indie films. Together, they've created and co-wrote this tight, suspenseful thriller that follows Marland's character from DC's posh Georgetown district to the wilds of ... well, we really never know. There, on behalf of her private spy firm boss, Patricia Clarkson playing a blond megalomaniac, she's got to discover who this group "The East" is, and what they're up to.
But life, of course, is not as simple as Good Guys vs. Bad Guys.
Marland and Batmanglij do a beautiful job of realizing a story on screen that never over-stretches, remains credible, and hangs together right through the closing credits.
This is a diamond in the rough. Find where it's playing, or rent the DVD when it comes out, and watch it!