Thriller | Switzerland, France, Germany, Israel, USA 2018
Swiss premiere
OV w. Ger. ST | 116′ | Yuval Adler
Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar et al.
Arthouse Uto
Houdini
Online-Edition
Rachel is a spy, sent to Tehran by the Israeli secret service Mossad for a long-planned sabotage operation, in disguise as an English teacher. To the chagrin of those who gave her the mission, she falls in love with its ‘main target’, the head of an electronics company. She thus becomes a danger to the Mossad… What sounds like a somewhat contrived plot (which was, incidentally, conceived by a real ex-Mossad agent!) comes across on screen as a gripping thriller and remains exciting to the last minute, partly due to the remarkable star-studded cast.