Hidden Agenda
“Every government has one.”
DramaThriller
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
VIBE
This film feels like a cold, hard look at the brutal realities of political maneuvering and state-sanctioned violence. It's a grim, suspenseful journey into a world of secrets and danger, where trust is a luxury few can afford.
tensesuspensefulgrittysombersteadypolitical thrillerneo-noirperiod dramapolitical corruptionjusticebetrayalstate-sponsored violence
politicsnorthern irelandcover-uptortureterrorismira (irish republican army)paradeirish easter rebellion (1916)belfast, north irelandthatcherism
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