
State of Play(2009)
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.


A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.

Patrick Dewaere
Paul Kerjean

Michel Auclair
Michel Saint-Claude, director of GTI-Europe

Caroline Cellier
Hélène Kerjean

Charles Denner
Walter, private detective

Anny Duperey
Laura Weber, JBL's mistress

Jeanne Moreau
Madame Benoît-Lambert

Mel Ferrer
Cornelius A. Woaegen, president of GTI

Jean-Laurent Cochet
Serge Hartmann, director of La Tribune

Fernand Ledoux
Mr. Guérande

André Falcon
Pierre Bayen, editor-in-chief
A Thousand Billion Dollars is a thriller film released in 1982 exploring themes of journalist, mission of murder, murder, lobbyist. Directed by Henri Verneuil, it stars Patrick Dewaere, Michel Auclair, Caroline Cellier. A young journalist uncovers an assassination disguised as a suicide, linked to an American multinational seeking to dominate French industries. Determined to expose the truth, he races against time to gather evidence before more lives—and his own—are at stake.
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