An operative for an elite private intelligence firm finds her priorities irrevocably changed after she is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations.
Acting
Marling's micro-expressions betray everything her character hides
Direction
Batmanglij makes cult rituals feel seductively, dangerously intimate
Writing
The 'jams' are clever enough to make you root for eco-terrorism
Director
Zal Batmanglij
Brit Marling
Sarah
Alexander Skarsgård
Benji
Elliot Page
Izzy
Toby Kebbell
Doc
Shiloh Fernandez
Luca
Aldis Hodge
Thumbs
Danielle Macdonald
Tess
Hillary Baack
Eve
Patricia Clarkson
Sharon
Jason Ritter
Tim
Julia Ormond
Paige Williams
Billy Magnussen
Porty McCabe
Wilbur Fitzgerald
Robert McCabe
John Neisler
Rory Huston
Jamey Sheridan
Richard Cannon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marling and Batmanglij co-wrote this while living in a anarchist collective—yes, really. They dumpster-dived and everything.
Released pre-Snowden but feels prophetic about private intelligence; The East predicted Palantir before we knew its name.
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