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The Operative

2019 · 120 min

A tense and somber espionage drama that unfolds through fragmented memories, trading action for psychological unease and moral ambiguity.

Tagline: Every secret has a price.
Overview: A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
How it feels: Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Identity, betrayal, isolation, love
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
betrayal
isolation
love
deception
Places: big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Yuval Adler
Written by: Yuval Adler
Starring: Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar, Werner Daehn, Liron Levo, Hadi Khanjanpour, Maria Gnecchi, Julia Schneider
Cinematography: Kolja Brandt
Runtime: 120 min
Country: Germany, Israel, France, Switzerland, United States of America
Languages: Hebrew, Persian, English