Drama ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 2020 · 1h 56m

The Last Thing He Wanted

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Director
Dee Rees
Cast
Anne Hathaway as Elena McMahon Ben Affleck as Treat Morrison Rosie Perez as Alma Guerrero Willem Dafoe as Richard McMahon Edi Gathegi as Jones Mel Rodriguez as Barry Sedlow
Crew
Bobby Bukowski — Director of Photography Mako Kamitsuna — Editor Tamar-kali — Original Music Composer Marco Villalobos — Screenplay Dee Rees — Screenplay Joan Didion — Novel
Synopsis

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or booksandinismel salvadorco-workers relationshipwoman directorinvestigative journalismcosta rica1980spolitical thrillerweapons traffickingiran–contra affairfather daughter relationship
Key Collaborators
Dee Rees Director Bobby Bukowski Director of Photography Mako Kamitsuna Editor Tamar-kali Original Music Composer Marco Villalobos Screenplay Dee Rees Screenplay Joan Didion Novel Dee Rees Producer Luillo Ruiz Producer Cassian Elwes Producer Inbal Weinberg Production Design Ane Crabtree Costume Design
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