Official Secrets
2019
***½
Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matt Smith, Matthew Goode, Rhys Ifans, Adam Bakri, Ralph Fiennes, Indira Varma, Conleth Hill, Tamsin Greig, Hattie Morahan
In 2003, CHHQ analyst/translator Katharine Gun unwittingly risks everything when she leaks a confidential memo about a plan to manipulate the United Nations Security Council members into supporting an invasion of Iraq. Gavin Hood's fact-based film offers a gripping and thought-provoking mix of personal drama and political intrigue. Katharine Gun is a brave and principled character, and Keira Knightley gives one of her strongest performances playing her. Based on the 2008 book The Spy Who Tried to Stop a War by Marcia and Thomas Mitchell.
