John LeCarre’s spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador’s mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal. But what the two do is concoct a tremendous fictional tale about former mercenaries who are ready to topple the current government and are willing to work with Britain and the US to do so.
Release Date: 4 May 2001Runtime: 109 min
Stars:
- Brendan Gleeson
- Catherine McCormack
- Daniel Radcliffe
- David Hayman
- Edgardo Molino
- Geoffrey Rush
- Harold Pinter
- Jamie Lee Curtis
- John Fortune
- Leonor Varela
- Lola Boorman
- Mark Margolis
- Martin Ferrero
- Martin Savage
- Pierce Brosnan
Director: John Boorman