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2020

The Last Thing He Wanted

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.

Credits

Director

Dee Rees

Producers

Dee Rees , Cassian Elwes , Jamin O'Brien

Writers

Dee Rees , Marco Villalobos

Cinematographer

Bobby Bukowski

Composer

Tamar-kali

Cast

Anne Hathaway , Ben Affleck , Rosie Perez , Willem Dafoe , Edi Gathegi , Mel Rodriguez , Onata Aprile , Toby Jones , Carlos Leal , Ben Chase

Studios

Elevated Films , The Fyzz , Little Red Hen

Genres

Drama Thriller

Posters

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