Kompromat

* * * * Stars - Rating M - 2022 - Comedy/Romance - 113 min)

Based on incredible true events J?©rome Salle's gripping new espionage thriller depicts the remarkable story of a French public servant who unwittingly finds himself in conflict with one of the modern era's most powerful and dangerous forces: Russia's FSB. Gilles Lellouche stars as Mathieu a gregarious and dedicated diplomat who accepts a posting to Irkutsk as the head of Siberia's Alliance Fran�aise.

He hopes the change will be good for his family and struggling marriage but before long Mathieu's staging of cultural events and support of artistic expression sees him fall afoul of local authorities. Accused of a terrible crime he soon realizes someone has fabricated a case with Russia's Federal Security Service -- he has been framed. Arrested imprisoned and isolated Mathieu has nowhere to turn. Defending himself is impossible the French authorities are helpless -- it seems he has no choice: to try and escape.

Stars: Gilles Lellouche Joanna Kulig and Louis-Do de Lencquesaing

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Review

72% TOMATOMETER
% AUDIENCE SCORE

This tense and gloomy character-driven thriller loosely based on real events is an energetic ride that never lets up.

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