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Secrets of State

Secrets of State

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 10, 2008

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Thriller

User Score

58%

Original Title

Secret Défense

Production Companies

UGC Distribution, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma

Director

Philippe Haïm

Budget

$15,000,000

Description

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.