The Cast in Official Secrets are excellent and the story is told with compassion
RECENT whistleblower dramas about Edward Snowden and Julian Assange collapsed under the weight of their self-satisfaction.
But Official Secrets never tries to be anything other than watchable, with hints of State Of Play and The Post.
Keira Knightley plays Katharine Gun, the real-life translator who photocopies a US memo demanding GCHQ helps sway the UN to back strikes against Iraq in 2003.
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The Observer picks up the story and a storm ensues, including the deportation of Gun’s Muslim husband.
She gives herself up and pleads not guilty, arguing the war against Iraq was unlawful.
The cast are excellent, especially Ralph Fiennes, and the story is told with compassion.
Official Secrets (15) 112mins
★★★★☆
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