Profile

    Genre
    Mystery, Thriller
  • |
    • Runtime
    105 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2021
  • |
    • Countries
    USA, Cyprus, Russian Federation, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Arabic
  • |
DIRECTED BY:
Timur Bekmambetov
WRITTEN BY:
Britt Poulton, Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina
CAST INCLUDES:
Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Morgan Watkins, Emma Cater

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

Berlin and SXSW Award winner PROFILE follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. Inspired by the 2015 nonfiction bestseller and directed by Timur Bekmambetov (NIGHT WATCH, BEN-HUR), this is "a cinematic feat, dual character study, gripping thriller ... a cautionary tale" (Los Angeles Times).

SYNOPSIS

PROFILE follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself.

Profile

    Genre
    Mystery, Thriller
  • |
    • Runtime
    105 mins
  • |
    • Rated
    R
  • |
    • Release Date
    2021
  • |
    • Countries
    USA, Cyprus, Russian Federation, UK
  • |
    • Languages
    English, Arabic
  • |
DIRECTED BY
Timur Bekmambetov
WRITTEN BY
Britt Poulton, Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina
CAST INCLUDES
Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Morgan Watkins, Emma Cater
Berlin and SXSW Award winner PROFILE follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself. Inspired by the 2015 nonfiction bestseller and directed by Timur Bekmambetov (NIGHT WATCH, BEN-HUR), this is "a cinematic feat, dual character study, gripping thriller ... a cautionary tale" (Los Angeles Times).

PROFILE follows an undercover British journalist in her quest to bait and expose a terrorist recruiter through social media, while trying not to be sucked in by her recruiter and lured into becoming a militant extremist herself.

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