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07/09/2007 Drama, Thriller 2h 0m
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What if someone you love... just disappeared?

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.

  1. Kelley Sane

    Writer

  2. Gavin Hood

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Reese Witherspoon

    Isabella Fields El-Ibrahimi

  2. Jake Gyllenhaal

    Douglas Freeman

  3. Meryl Streep

    Corrine Whitman

  4. Alan Arkin

    Senator Hawkins

  5. Peter Sarsgaard

    Alan Smith

  6. Omar Metwally

    Anwar El-Ibrahimi

  7. Igal Naor

    Abasi Fawal

  8. Hadar Ratzon Rotem

    Safiya

  9. J.K. Simmons

    Lee Mayer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-12-28
I remember there were all sort of speculations about the CIA using rendition techniques around the time this was released, and I actually thought it could have been a powerful light to shine on an US government that tended to act with impunity when it suited it - especially if your name didn’t happen to originate in the West. That’s what happens to Egyptian-born engineer “Anwar” (Omar Metwally) who is travelling home to his wife (Reese Witherspoon) in the States when he is “diverted” on the instructions of “Whitman” (Meryl Streep) to a dark and unholy place where he is stripped...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$27,500,000.00

Revenue
$24,748,670.00

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