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The Listening

The Listening

The story is fiction. The technology is real.

20066.41h 45mPG-13

Overview

Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.

Directed by Giacomo Martelli
Written by Riccardo Brun, Inigo Dominguez, Giacomo Martelli
Produced by Nicolai Iuul, Giacomo Martelli, Paolo Rossetti
Box OfficeBudget: $2.9MRevenue: $363K

Top Cast

Michael Parks

Michael Parks

James Wagley

Maya Sansa

Maya Sansa

Francesca

Vincent Riotta

Vincent Riotta

Vaughan

Matt Patresi

Matt Patresi

Guglia Graef

James Parks

James Parks

Anthony Ashe

Andrea Tidona

Andrea Tidona

Gianni Longardo

Bruce McGuire

Bruce McGuire

Phil Kovacs

Vincent Riotta

Vincent Riotta

Frank Vaughan

Terence Beesley

Terence Beesley

John Strobel

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Adam O'Neill

Louis Perry

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About The Listening

The Listening is a thriller, crime, drama film released in 2006. Directed by Giacomo Martelli, it stars Michael Parks, Maya Sansa, Vincent Riotta. Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.

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