An FBI agent posing as a combine driver becomes romantically involved with a Midwest farmer who lives a double life as a white supremacist.
Acting
Berenger's charm masks pure venom.
Direction
Costa-Gavras weaponizes Americana.
Writing
The banality of evil in pickup trucks.
Director
Costa-Gavras
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Costa-Gavras, who survived Nazi occupation in Greece, specifically wanted to expose how white supremacists operated in 'respectable' Middle America.
The film was controversial in 1988 for suggesting racist terrorism was mainstream; its Midwest setting was chosen because audiences expected this story in the South.
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