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Leonardo DiCaprio
Russell Crowe
Mark Strong
Golshifteh Farahani
Oscar Isaac
Ali Suliman
Alon Abutbul
Vince Colosimo
Simon McBurney
Kais Nashef
Lubna Azabal
Annabelle Wallis
Michael Stuhlbarg
Giannina Facio
Mehdi Nebbou
The screenplay, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by David Ignatius, examines contemporary tension between Western and Arab societies, and the comparative effectiveness of technological and human counter-intelligence methods. The film was shot largely on location in the United States and Morocco, after authorities in Dubai refused permission to film there because of the script's political themes.
