Review by Morning.star
Great ending! Didn't see THAT coming. Otherwise, rather on the slow-paced side but that only makes it feel authentic.
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Great ending! Didn't see THAT coming. Otherwise, rather on the slow-paced side but that only makes it feel authentic.
Title Statement | Shadow dancer: L'espionne de l'ombre / [DVD] = Magnolia Pictures BFI and BBC Films present a Unanimous Entertaiment/Element Pictures/Wild Bunch production, in association with Lipsync Productions ; produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe, and Ed Guiney; directed by James Marsh ; screenplay by Tom Bradby. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Espionne de l'ombre |
Additional Contributors | Marsh, James,1963- |
Riseborough, Andrea,1981- | |
Owen, Clive | |
Anderson, Gillian,1968- | |
Bradby, Tom | |
Publication | [Toronto]: Distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media, [2013] |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (101 min.) |
ISBN | (v.r.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 629159050836 |
Other Number | 2495056 |
General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2012. Based on the novel by Tom Bradby. Widescreen version. "Métropole." Special features include: making of featurette, cast and crew interviews. Bilingual packaging (English/French) |
Performance Credits | Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson, Aidan Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson. |
Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. Classement de la Régie du cinéma Québec: G (déconseillé aux jeunes enfants). |
Languages | English and French language tracks.SDH (Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) |
System Details | DVD, Dolby digital 5.1. |
Terms of Use | For home use only. |
Summary | When single mother Collette McVeigh is arrested for her part in an aborted IRA plot in London, an MI5 officer offers her a choice: lose everything and go to prison or return to Belfast to spy on her own family. With her son's life in her hands, Collette chooses to place her trust in the MI5 and return home. When her brothers' secret operation is ambushed, suspicions of an informant are raised and Collette finds both herself and her family in grave danger. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Women terrorists--Fiction |
By Name | Irish Republican Army--Fiction |
By Location | Northern Ireland--Fiction--Politics and government |
By Genre | Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
Feature films | |
Films for the hearing impaired |