Thirteen Days
“You'll never believe how close we came.”
HistoryThriller
The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
VIBE
This film plunges you into the suffocating pressure cooker of the Cuban Missile Crisis. It's a nail-biting, dread-soaked journey through high-stakes diplomacy, where every decision carries the weight of global annihilation. The tension is palpable, the stakes impossibly high, making for a profoundly sobering experience.
tensedread-soakedurgentsoberingclaustrophobicpropulsivegritty realismpolitical proceduralhistorical dramasuspense thrillergeopolitical brinkmanshipleadership under pressureCold War anxietydiplomacyglobal catastrophe
usa presidentpoliticsatomic bombcold warjohn f. kennedybased on true storythreatcuban missile crisisdiplomacy1960s
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