After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.
Acting
Kidman and Penn's grief-stricken cat-and-mouse chemistry
Production
First film ever shot inside the actual UN building
Direction
Pollack's patient, old-school thriller craftsmanship
Director
Sydney Pollack
Nicole Kidman
Silvia Broome
Sean Penn
Tobin Keller
Catherine Keener
Dot Woods
Jesper Christensen
Nils Lud
Yvan Attal
Philippe
Earl Cameron
Zuwanie
George Harris
Kuman-Kuman
Michael Wright
Marcus
Clyde Kusatsu
Police Chief Lee Wu
Eric Keenleyside
Rory Robb
Hugo Speer
Simon Broome
Maz Jobrani
Mo
Yusuf Gatewood
Doug
Curtiss Cook
Ajene Xola
Byron Utley
Jean Gamba
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The UN only allowed filming after Pollack agreed to portray the organization positively; Kofi Annan makes a cameo.
The fictional African nation of Matobo was named after a real Zimbabwean region, though the film carefully avoids direct parallels to avoid diplomatic friction.
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