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Rendition

What if someone you love... just disappeared?

20076.42h 0m

Overview

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

Directed by Gavin Hood
Written by Kelley Sane
Produced by Steve Golin, Keith Redmon, Mark Martin
Box OfficeBudget: $27.5MRevenue: $24.7M

Top Cast

Reese Witherspoon

Reese Witherspoon

Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhaal

Douglas Freeman

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Corrine Whitman

Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin

Senator Hawkins

Peter Sarsgaard

Peter Sarsgaard

Alan Smith

Omar Metwally

Omar Metwally

Anwar El-Ibrahimi

Igal Naor

Igal Naor

Abasi Fawal

Hadar Ratzon Rotem

Hadar Ratzon Rotem

Safiya

J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons

Lee Mayer

Simon Abkarian

Simon Abkarian

Said Abdel Aziz

Themes & Keywords

central intelligence agency (cia)police brutalitygovernmentpoliticsloss of loved onekidnappingdespairwar on terroranti terrorintelligenceinhumanitysenatorplo terrorist groupcivil rightspoliticianhijackingterror celltorturing policetortureterrorismcrueltyamericansurveillance

About Rendition

Rendition is a drama, thriller film released in 2007 exploring themes of central intelligence agency (cia), police brutality, government, politics, loss of loved one, kidnapping. Directed by Gavin Hood, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep. When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.

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