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Secret défense (2008) 6.3
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same ... See full summary » Director:Philippe Haïm |
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Cast
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Alex
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Diane /
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Pierre
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Mehdi Nebbou | ... |
Ahmed
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Rachida Brakni | ... |
Leïla /
Chadia
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Al Barad
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Jérémy
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Katia Lewkowicz | ... |
Aline
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Kamel Belghazi | ... |
Aziz
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Djemel Barek | ... |
Khaled
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Carim Messalti | ... |
Hajj
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Hassam Ghancy | ... |
Danar
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Nicolas Marié | ... |
Fouche
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Salem
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Moussa Maaskri | ... |
Slim
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In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings. Secret Défense (aka Secrets Of State) tells of their secret war through the destinies of Diane, a student recruited by the French secret service, and Pierre, a troubled young man who thinks terrorism will bring him salvation. Trained and indoctrinated for missions which are beyond them, they are both drawn into a chain of events from which they seem incapable of escaping. While they both be sacrificed in the name of ... Written by Happy_Evil_Dude
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
10 December 2008 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Secret Defense See more »Box Office
Budget:
€11,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Performed by Lisa Gerrard
Composed by Lisa Gerrard
Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia
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Trivia
Philippe Haïm's intention with the film was to show the manipulation of "human assets" and the psychological trauma they are thus subjected to. See more »Goofs
DGSE headquarters are shown in La Défense (west of Paris) whereas the real headquarters of the DGSE is in the eastern part of Paris See more »Soundtracks
"Space Weaver"Performed by Lisa Gerrard
Composed by Lisa Gerrard
Published by Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia
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Right, I think the first issue is with the editing, pace was roughly there but it just seemed to stutter in places and when most of the actors seem to have come straight out of stage school the pace really needs to be right on the button(compare and contrast with the UK TV drama, Spooks).
The story was weak and watered down, too many jumps without any suggestion, a poor script and direction also.
Thirdly the female lead, Vahina Giocante, really should have been shown the door after the first week, too much overacting for me, I've seen comedians act better. However I haven't seen any of her other stuff though so it could have been just a duff one for her.
Simon Abkarian has played measured bad guys before and did pretty well but I'm afraid that poor old Gérard Lanvin just didn't have enough script to go on, they spent too much time on the Martyr when they could have worked more on his character.
Sorry I really had high hopes for this and really wanted to like it, I even watched it twice to make sure I wasn't missing anything, but remember this is my opinion I'm sure others will love it. they tried to take the Spooks concept and do a French big budget movie, perhaps they should have got a script re-write and got Mathieu Kassovitz to direct.