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Natasha Yarovenko & Elena Anaya

 

 

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La critique de MR T's MOVIES

A défaut d’être palpitant, le nouveau film de Julio Medem séduit grâce aux charmes de ses deux interprètes féminines, sexy à souhait. L’affiche de « Room in Rome » montrant deux corps de femmes nus enlacés dans une baignoire pleine, en dit long sur le ton et le contenu d’une intrigue relativement sommaire : deux jeunes femmes, une Espagnole (la belle brune Elena Anaya vue dans « Mesrine L’Instinct de mort ») et une Russe (la grande top model blonde ukrainienne Natasha Yarovenko), se rencontrent, un soir à Rome, et décident de passer la nuit dans une chambre d’hôtel. L’attirance physique mutuelle se transforme en histoire d’amour, à fur et à mesure qu’elles apprennent à se connaître.

Le réalisateur espagnol de « Lucia et le sexe » s’amuse avec les contraintes du huis-clos, sans chercher l’exploit technique comme Hitchcock l’avait fait dans son célèbre huis clos policier, « Corde » en 1948. « Room in Rome » ressemble à une sorte de speed-dating où nos deux héroïnes cherchent à percer le secret de l’autre sans révéler le sien. Le spectateur se pique au jeu. Et puis, les sentiments s’emmêlent et la vérité finit par surgir de ce jeu de séduction et de sexe. Le cadre chic de la chambre et la musique latine enlèvent immédiatement le sentiment d’avoir affaire à un soft porno de mauvais goût.

Les scènes de sexe sont étrangement brèves et l’oeil du spectateur s’habitue même à voir les deux protagonistes se promener dans la chambre avec les seins à l’air, sans complexes. L’effet est- il voulu? On peut le penser.« Room in Rome » est parfois bavard, néanmoins, il réussit l’essentiel : nous faire croire dans cette belle rencontre amoureuse, au point même de l’envier!L’édition DVD de Wild Side Video est techniquement parfaite. En bonus, on découvre les coulisses du tournage dans un document d’une vingtaine de minutes.

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Habitación en Roma

est un film espagnol réalisé par Julio Medem, sorti en 2010

 Deux étrangères se rencontrent par hasard dans les rues de Rome. Rendez-vous est pris dans une chambre d’hôtel : elles ont toute la nuit pour faire connaissance…

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Cast

Fiche technique

  • Titre : Habitación en Roma
  • Titre international : Room in Rome
  • Réalisateur : Julio Medem
  • Scénario : Julio Medem et Katherine Fugate
  • Format : Couleurs
  • Durée : 109 minutes
  • Langue : anglais
  • Pays : Drapeau de l'Espagne Espagne
  • Date de sortie : Drapeau de l'Espagne Espagne : 7 mai 2010 –
  • Drapeau de la Russie Russie : 23 septembre 2010 –
  • Drapeau du Brésil Brésil : 19 novembre 2010

Voir aussi

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Filmographie

Cinéma

Prochainement

Téléfilms et séries télévisées

 

Distinctions / Récompenses (voir sur IMDb )

The Constant Gardener

The Deep Blue Sea

 

 

 [afficher]
 ·  ·
Oscar de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle
 
Précédée par Suivie par
Cate Blanchett pour Aviator
Rachel Weisz pour The Constant Gardener
2006
Jennifer Hudson pour Dreamgirls

Nominations[modifier | modifier le code]

La Momie

Sunshine

  • Genie Award 2000 de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle

Stalingrad

Le retour de la momie

Constantine

The Constant Gardener

The Whistleblower

Agora

Page Eight

The Deep Blue Sea

Théâtrales

Récompenses

Notes et références

  1. ↑ ()) Harriet Lane ; Toast of the tomb [archive] ; The Guardian ; 13 juin 1999.
  2. ↑ ()) Mike Goodridge ; The virtues of Weisz [archive] ; ThisIsLondon ; 16 novembre 2006
  3. ↑ ()) Ed Vuillamy ; The Guardian profile: Rachel Weisz [archive] ; The Guardian ; 3 février 2006.
  4. ↑ ()) Jordan Hiller ; What’s Movies that bang - The Shape of Things (2003) [archive] ; Bang It Out ; mai 2003
  5. ↑ ()) Claudia Joseph ; Rachel’s Weisz guy [archive] ; Daily Mail ; 5 juin 2005.
  6. ↑ ()) Emma Forrest ; Rachel Weisz [archive] ; Index Magazine ; 2001.
  7. ↑ ()) Xan Brooks ; Girl behaving sensibly [archive] ; The Guardian ; 9 janvier 2001.
  8. ↑ a, b et c ()) Damon Wise ; What’s wrong with this picture? Her movie My Blueberry Nights opened Cannes. Next, Rachel Weisz will play a geek among conmen [archive] ; Times Online ; 24 mai 2007.
  9. ↑ ()) Academy Invites 120 to Membership [archive] ; 5 juillet 2006.
  10. ↑ ()) Michael Fleming et Pamela McClintock ; Weisz to star in Lovely Bones [archive] ; Variety ; 12 juin 2007.
  11. ↑ ()) All Reuters Movie News Indian actor to star with Weisz in true-life film [archive] ; Reuters ; 22 mai 2007.
  12. ↑ ()) Erik Davis ; It’s Official: ‘Sin City 2’ Has Been Delayed [archive] ; Cinematical ; 30 mai 2007.
  13. ↑ ()) « Barry Pepper, Michael Sheen & Amanda Peet Also Cut From Terrence Malick's 'To The Wonder' » [archive], The Playlist,‎ 2012-08-29 (consulté le 2012-08-30)
  14. ↑ ()) Jody Thompson, « The name's Craig, Mrs Craig: Rachel Weisz marries James Bond star Daniel » [archive], sur Dailymail.co.uk,‎ 27 juin 2011 (consulté le octobre 2012 octobre 2012).
  15. ↑ « Betrayal : Daniel Craig et Rachel Weisz séduisent les critiques » [archive] sur Lefigaro.fr, consulté le 30 novembre 2013
  16. ↑ a, b, c, d, e, f, g et h « Comédiennes ayant doublé Rachel Weisz en France » [archive] sur RS Doublage
  17. ↑ « Fiche des doublages effectués par Véronique Volta » [archive] sur Doublagissimo
  18. ↑ a, b et c « Comédiennes ayant doublé Rachel Weisz au Québec » [archive], sur Doublage.qc.ca. (consulté le 26 septembre 2012).

 

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Rachel Weisz

est une actrice et productrice britanno-américaine, née le 7 mars 1970 à Londres.

 

Elle grandit dans le quartier londonien de Hampstead. Sa mère, Edith, est une psychanalyste d’origine autrichienne née à Vienne. Son père, George, est un inventeur hongrois de confession juive qui s’est réfugié en Angleterre pour échapper aux nazis.

Elle fait sa scolarité à la North London Collegiate School, puis au Benenden School puis, dès l’âge de treize ans, à St Paul’s Girls’ School (en).Elle entre à Trinity Hall de l’Université de Cambridge, où elle monte une petite troupe de théâtre : les Cambridge Talking Tongues, qui gagneront un Guardian Student Drama Award pendant le Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Après avoir obtenu son diplôme de littérature anglaise, elle peut se consacrer entièrement à sa passion pour le théâtre, et plus particulièrement à la comédie.

Carrière

En 1993, elle décroche ses premiers rôles dans des téléfilms et séries (dont Inspecteur Morse), puis en 1995 en incarnant Gilda dans Sérénade à trois, pièce de théâtre de Noël Coward datant de 1933, au Gielgud Theatre dans le West End.

En 1995, elle apparaît pour la première fois sur grand écran dans Poursuite (Chain Reaction), où elle se fait remarquer par le réalisateur Bernardo Bertolucci qui lui propose la même année un rôle dans Beauté volée. Elle continue à travailler dans le cinéma anglais ; on la voit dans My Summer with Des, Au cœur de la tourmente, Trois Anglaises en campagne, et I Want You, film de Michael Winterbottom.

En 1999, elle connait la consécration en interprétant le rôle d’Evelyn Carnahan, une jeune égyptologue dans La Momie, de Stephen Sommers, avec notamment Brendan Fraser dans le rôle principal. Elle a également joué dans la suite de ce film, Le Retour de la momie en (2001).

Elle délaisse le théâtre en 2001 pour se consacrer entièrement au cinéma, mais on a pu la voir dans Soudain l’été dernier de Tennessee Williams, dans le rôle de Catherine, et dans Fausses Apparences de Neil LaBute (dont elle a aussi produit une version cinématographique en 2003).

Elle tourne environ un film par an, dont Stalingrad (2001), Pour un garçon (2002), Le Maître du jeu (2003), et Constantine (2005).

En 2005, elle joue dans The Constant Gardener, une adaptation cinématographique du roman homonyme de John le Carré dont l’histoire se déroule dans les bidonvilles kenyans de Kibera et Loiyangalani. Elle se vit décerner l’Oscar de la meilleure actrice dans un second rôle pour ce rôle[8], ainsi que le Golden Globe et le Screen Actors Guild Award. Dans son pays natal, elle fut reconnue pour ce rôle avec une nomination au BAFTA de la meilleure actrice et les prix de l’actrice de l’année aux London Critics Circle Film Awards et British Independent Film Awards.

En 2006, elle est invitée à rejoindre l’Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences[9]. La même année, elle joue dans The Fountain de Darren Aronofsky et incarne la voix de Saphira dans Eragon, et en 2007, elle joue dans My Blueberry Nights de Wong Kar-wai[8].

Ses projets futurs incluent Une arnaque presque parfaite, où elle incarnera le rôle d’une riche Américaine victime de deux escrocs (Adrien Brody et Mark Ruffalo)[8], l’adaptation cinématographique du roman Lovely Bones (le tournage a commencé en octobre 2007[10]), Luna[11], et Sin City 2[12]. En 2008, elle interprète le rôle de la philosophe Hypathie dans le drame historique Agora d'Alejandro Aménabar, aux côtés de Max Minghella et d'Oscar Isaac. Le film reçoit un Goya du meilleur scénario original et la prestation de Rachel est grandement acclamée par le public.

Le 7 juillet 2007, elle prend part à la section américaine de Live Earth.Fin 2010, elle double son propre personnage dans la série américaine Les Simpsons.En 2011, elle devient l'égérie de la marque Bulgari, notamment pour le parfum Jasmin Noir, et tient le rôle principal d'Hester Collyer dans le film The Deep Blue Sea, de Terence Davies. L'année suivante, elle incarne le rôle principal féminin de Jason Bourne : L'Héritage, quatrième opus de la série de film Bourne.

Elle devait faire partie de la distribution du nouveau long-métrage de Terrence Malick, À la merveille (To the Wonder), mais son rôle est finalement coupé au montage[13]En 2013, elle est choisie pour interpréter le rôle de la Méchante Sorcière de l'Est Évanora dans le blockbuster Le Monde fantastique d'Oz de Sam Raimi, préquel du célèbre film Le Magicien d'Oz, aux côtés notamment de James Franco, Michelle Williams et Mila Kunis. Le film est à ce jour son plus gros succès mondial (près de 500 millions de dollars de recettes).

Vie privée

Elle a vécu de 2001 à 2010 avec le réalisateur Darren Aronofsky, qui est le père de son fils Henry. Elle se marie le 22 juin 2011 à New York avec l'acteur anglais Daniel Craig, rencontré sur le tournage du film Dream House. Seulement quatre personnes ont été invitées : Ella Craig (la fille que Daniel Craig a eu au cours de son premier mariage avec l'actrice écossaise Fiona Loudon), Henry Chance (le fils que Rachel Weisz a eu avec le réalisateur Darren Aronofsky) et leurs deux témoins[14].

 

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Distinctions
(source IMDb la seule source vraiment fiable)
Showing all 8 wins and 11 nominations

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film 2012

 

Won
Thriller Prize		 Larysa Kondracki


Cinema for Peace Awards 2011

 

Nominated
Cinema for Peace Award		 Justice & Human Rights
Larysa Kondracki


Directors Guild of Canada 2011

 


Genie Awards 2012

 

Nominated
Genie		 Best Motion Picture
Christina Piovesan
Celine Rattray
Best Achievement in Direction
Larysa Kondracki
Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Mychael Danna
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Rachel Weisz
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Roxana Condurache
Best Screenplay, Original
Eilis Kirwan
Larysa Kondracki


Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011

 

Won
Audience Award		 Best Narrative Feature
Larysa Kondracki


Seattle International Film Festival 2011

 

Won
Golden Space Needle Award		 Best Director
Larysa Kondracki
Nominated
Golden Space Needle Award		 Best Film
Larysa Kondracki
First Generation Films
Primary Productions
Mandalay Vision


Vancouver Film Critics Circle 2012

 

Nominated
VFCC Award		 Best Actress in a Canadian Film
Rachel Weisz


Whistler Film Festival 2010

 


Women Film Critics Circle Awards 2011

 

Won
Adrienne Shelly Award		  
Won
WFCC Award		 Best Female Images in a Movie
Nominated
WFCC Award		 Best Movie by a Woman
Women's Work/Best Ensemble

 

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La réalisatrice Larysa Kondracki

 

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Kathryn Bolkovac, the woman on whose real life experiences the film is based, sold the rights to her story to director Larysa Kondracki for $100.
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Rachel Weisz first read the script in 2005 when she was pregnant, but turned it down because she didn't think she could play the harsh role of Bolkovac at that time. In 2009, after learning that the film never went ahead, she accepted the role and the film entered into production.
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Rachel Weisz essentially shadowed Kathryn Bolkovac to get to know her subject intimately. As the two share very few physical characteristics, Weisz concentrated on aping Bolkovac's mannerisms.
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A rape scene, in which the fictionalized character of Raya is brutalized with a lead pipe. had to be toned down as one viewer fainted during a preview screening in Toronto.
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It took director Larysa Kondracki eight years to get the film made. The signing on of Rachel Weisz in the lead was instrumental in moving the project forward.

 

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Difficult yet important story

8/10
Author: heszyfilm from United States
29 May 2011

The previous reviewer obviously didn't know that this is a true story. The specific victims were fictionalized, but the overall story of what was happening and what Rachel Wiesz's character went through are true. They are not a contrived, or "generic" "CSI" story.

That said, as a movie, Whistleblower delivers in telling about this difficultand important event. Some of the scenes were hard to watch, but, as the director mentioned at the Q&A after the screening I saw, it was just scratching the surface of what was going on. Vanessa Redgrave's character, though her scenes were relatively brief, really shined. I appreciated that the cinematography didn't involve any fancy styles or overly dramatic music. The director let the impact of the story itself, and Rachel Wiesz's fine acting, carry the movie.

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 Very important subject matter which is hard to watch, but must be
7/10
Author: chaz-28 from Rockville, MD
17 August 2011

The vast majority of the time one hears the words 'government contract' it is safe to assume it is not the best and brightest people who are volunteering to go for extended periods of time to locales termed war zones. Sure, there are those altruistic few who take up the charge to make the world a better place, but routinely, it is just someone willing to exchange six months of their life in exchange for a juicy paycheck. The Whistle blower's heroine, Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Wiesz) is one such person. She was a Nebraska police officer who signed on with a company called Democra who had a security contract with the United Nations.

For six months of her time and $100,000, Kathryn was to monitor the local Sarajevo police and advise them on proper police procedures. Very quickly, she discovers the word monitor means turn a blind eye as Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks abuse whatever power they have to continue a sort of undeclared war on each other. The Serb policemen will not investigate or prosecute domestic violence cases, especially if the woman is Muslim. Kathryn successfully leads Bosnia's first case against domestic violence earning her a more visible job as the department head for gender affairs.

Now her scope includes far more than standard local police issues. Young Eastern European and Russian girls are turning up on the streets and shelters looking severely assaulted and sexually abused. To her shock and dismay, Kathryn learns that United Nations employees from all nations are not only the girls' customers, but frequently aid local human traffickers in their transport and have an interest in holding the girls against their will.

Nobody in any position of authority ever raises their hand for a scandal, so all of Kathryn's investigations and findings are swept under the rug and she is ostracized from the rest of her compatriots who are either not interested in obtaining justice for the girls or believe so much in bureaucracy and paperwork that they sometimes send the girls right back to their rapists. On Kathryn's side is the High Commissioner for Human Rights rep played by Vanessa Redgrave and an internal affairs agent played by David Strathairn.

Frequently, the subject matter and scenes of girls undergoing sexual abuse and torture are stomach churning. The film can be relentless at times showing various punishments and cruelty. Human trafficking, especially if it involves a trusted world organization and its sleazy contractors, is an extremely important subject to cover and make films about; therefore, be ready to adjust uncomfortably in your seats as you watch downright disgusting and brutal activities perpetrated against teenage girls.The Whistleblower deserves applause for bringing to light the company Democra which still carries out government contracts to this day.

However, when the film takes a break for showing the girls' plight, it focuses on Kathryn's personal life and back story which are choppy and do not come across as fully thought out. There is her home life back in the states which she left, including her daughter, and an awkward budding romance with a Dutch security contractor. Including romance and relationships in a film with this disturbing subject matter would be tough for any director, and this first time feature director does not quite pull it off. It will take this reviewer some time to get over some of the images in The Whistleblower; tread at your own risk. But this story deserves to be told and shown in all of its brutality.

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Surely a 2nd Oscar for Rachel Weisz
10/10
Author: Jimmy Collins from United States
13 August 2011

So i sat down this evening at a special screening of The Whistleblower, id seen the trailer and was certainly intrigued as i think Rachel Weisz is an extremely fine actress, and it reminded me of a similar Australian film i saw a few years earlier called 'The Jammed'. I was absolutely floored by this film, so many times i was literally holding back my anger and my urge to yell at the screen.

The story is a story that has been told somewhat before but none have had Rachel Weisz, she is the pure driving force of this movie, picturing someone else in this role is near impossible. The supporting cast are also stellar, I particularly enjoyed David Strathairn's character, one good guy in the midst of all these corrupt male cops, and the actress who played Raya gave a heartbreaking portrayal of a trapped woman.

The fact that sex trafficking is still a major problem in the world is horrifying, i hope this movie eventually gets a full release in Australia as i think its a film a lot of people should see as sex trafficking is a major problem here.Be prepared to hold back your rage and frustration....Come Oscar time i hope Weisz gets the recognition she so rightly deserves.In one word : Flawless

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A good movie with an IMPORTANT story to tell.
7/10
Author: jpurits-604-559217 from Canada
26 August 2011

Sure the production values could have been better, but I am sure this movie did not have the biggest budget either.I thought Weisz, Redgrave and Strathairn gave good performances. But,most of all, what I liked was the raw feel of this movie, perhaps due to it's smaller budget, and the fact that it had a very important story to tell (a true story).I can not comprehend people complaining, in their reviews, regarding the languages spoken. Who cares ? Obviously they cared more about aesthetics than the actual story.

Even with all it's flaws, it is a very entertaining, although sad, movie. It actually prompted me to do some research on DynCorp, KBR and Blackwater , 3 of the security contractors getting billions of $ from our governments while committing countless crimes around the world. So, I guess, in that respect, the movie has worked and got it's point across. Good to see a movie that actually gets your passion and emotions flowing, even if it is outrage.

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A smart and gripping political thriller.
7/10
Author: Rockwell_Cronenberg from United States
9 August 2011

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These days it's become a rarity to find a political thriller that is intelligent, intense and intriguing. So when one like The Whistleblower comes along, I find no trouble in treasuring every moment of it. Rachel Weisz stars as the titular pot-boiler who uncovers a sex trafficking ring while working as a peacekeeper in Bosnia. Based on a true story, she turns over some dirty rocks and a lot of people start to get very angry. This leads to a very tense race to discover the truth and find someone willing to help her bring down these horrible men before they get to her. There's a subplot with Monica Bellucci's character that is a little dull and eventually inconsequential, but when the Weisz side of things is so gripping, it's easy to look past.

The story here is strong and every moment, especially in the final act, breathes with a wicked intensity that keeps you on your toes, but the real driving force of the film is Weisz. For some reason it seems like it's pretty hard for films to present female characters who are strong and firm in their beliefs without turning them into unbearable stereotypes. This year though we've experienced an influx of great ones that come off as genuine human beings and Weisz's Kathryn Bolkavac is another to add to the list. Especially given the fact that she plays a woman who is being constantly attacked and undermined by everyone around her, a role that opens itself up to melodramatic hysterics pretty easily. Weisz had to hit this balance of strength and broken hopelessness without going too far to make it unrealistic, and she hits every note necessary.

There's one scene later in the film that really stands as a measure to the power of her performance. Bolkavac gets within an inch of freeing these girls and exposing the truth, when out of nowhere the rug is pulled out from under her and things look worse than ever. She bursts into tears, desperate for some way out of this situation; everything she was fighting for was right in her grasp and she just gets it ripped out of her hand like two kids fighting over a toy on Christmas. This moment would have been difficult for most actors, but Weisz has matured into one of our finest performers and she doesn't phase for a second. She could have easily slipped into unintentionally comedic melodrama but instead she brings down the house and almost brought a tear to my eye. It's a devastating moment in one of the strongest, most commanding performances of the year so far. A superb performance in a taut, intelligent thriller.

 the truth hurts
Author: franmol01 from Ireland
28 August 2011

what is it that makes us human? the thing that separates us from the animals? the whistleblower doesn't answer these questions. in fact it asks the question even more. this movie was hard to watch but also hard not to. Weisz is outstanding as the woman that exposes the men with control and power over their weaker fellow man...or woman in this case. you must watch this movie for the human story. expecting to be "entertained" by drama and the like should not be your goal here, the director has done an excellent job ensuring that. if you want to be entertained then watch transformers... if you're not afraid to be moved by the real events on which this story is based, then this movie is for you.

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don't trust military contractors
Author: Lee Eisenberg (lee.eisenberg.pdx@gmail.com) from Portland, Oregon, USA
5 September 2011

While the atrocities in the former Yugoslavia made a lot of news in the 1990s, less well known were the actions of military contractors in the region. "The Whistleblower" tells the story of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who joined a private company to serve as a peace-keeper in Bosnia, only to discover that the company was complicit in human trafficking.

The really ugly scenes are when we see what is done to the trafficked girls. It almost seems as though the movie should have focused more on them. But what is equally important to understand is not only the atrocities committed with impunity by private contractors, but the risk that whistleblowers face even today (as shown by the WikiLeaks case).Either way, this is something that everyone should see to understand the reality behind modern-day mercenary armies.

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An excellent but depressing film
9/10
Author: Argemaluco from Argentina
1 September 2011

The Whistleblower is an excellent film, but it left me depressed. However, its message is undoubtedly important and I think that it definitely deserves an enthusiastic recommendation, not exactly as an entertainment, but as a testimony of a horrible situation which is unfortunately extended all around the world, even though the story from the film is set in Serbia and Bosnia. Which one of so many possible atrocities does The Whistleblower deal with? The human trafficking; and even though it does not offer solutions (probably because they don't exist), it at least brings us new reasons to feel ashamed of the human genre.

Having established the importance of the message expressed by The Whistleblower, I will proceed to focus myself into its many cinematographic attributes. The screenplay is fascinating, and it kept me in suspense the whole time, because even though it does not have the structure from a traditional thriller, the crusade undertaken by the main character demands a strong emotional response; and as well as we share her hope of a positive solution, we also feel her frustration when she faces the constant obstacles she finds from the mafia, the bureaucracy and even the enslaved young women, who are too scared in order to testify against their captors. The only thing I can say against this film is that the screenplay should have explored a bit more some of the subjects it deals with.

Rachel Weisz brings a great performance in the leading role from The Whistleblower, due to the wide range of emotions she perfectly expresses with her character. Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, Roxana Condurache, Paula Schramm and Nicolaj Lie Kass also bring perfect works. So, in conclusion, The Whistleblower is a hard but brilliant movie whose finality is not amusing us for a while, but illustrating us about a sad reality which is lived by millions of people every day. I guess that it is difficult to think about that when we have our own problems (which are undoubtedly minor, even though they affect us daily), but that apathy is exactly what companies like DynCorp need in order to enrich themselves at the expense of the human misery. Even though I think that exactly the same can be said about any government.

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Wow, hell of a movie and sad report on our inhumanity to each other.
9/10
Author: davidfurlotte from Canada
10 August 2011

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Firstly, I have to say that I was greatly impressed at the quality of the movie because it was a Canadian production and to be honest, I have rarely seen us live up to the quality we are capable of achieving.Rachel Weisz has definitely grown as an actress from her days of doing the Mummy movies. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved her character in those movies but I never would believe she could have the 'chops' to do a movie this intense and carry it off. Kudos to you, Rachel, you were magnificent.

To the reviewer that thought this was some kind of "CSI" movie, I have to agree with another reviewer. OBVIOUSLY, you need to buy a clue and realize that this was not just some fairy tale; it was a very dark, real, portrayal of human trafficking that is going on all around us.But this movie was more than just a story, it is a report on an INTERNATIONAL organization that is supposed to PROTECT the helpless not only turning a blind eye, but actually becoming INVOLVED in something that 55 years ago, people were being tried and hung for in Nuremburg.

As a resident of Markham, just northeast of Toronto, I had to chuckle when I saw them using Toronto City Hall as the U.N. offices in Bosnia but I'm sure that only Toronto residents would recognize the interior.Overall, an excellent movie, worthy of many awards and I only hope that many more people will see it and realize how serious a problem we have on our hands. Please do give it a watch. I now find myself having to watch "Taken" because I need something to uplift me a bit and make me think there is someone out there that can do something righteous against these human trafficking scum.

A story that so desperately NEEDS TELLING!
10/10
Author: susanna_uk from United Kingdom
23 October 2011

If you only watch one movie this month - this should be the one. Its not perfect in terms of putting a movie together but the glitches are very few. More important is the message and if you are not shocked and deeply troubled about our society after watching it I would be surprised! Human trafficking is something most of us all to readily assume is some minor issue that doesn't happen to those around us or is perpetrated by the supposedly small percentage of 'bad guys' around us.

But men typically have a very different mindset about rape to how women view and feel about it - and I personally felt this depiction of the realities of the world we actually live in both horrifying and sadly sickening thanks to a virtually global scale of indifference and lip service! The lack of action on the part of the American bureaucratic system after what was happening was exposed (along with the European governments et al as well) to clean up the contractors and the representatives sent to these destabilised regions, all to well underlines the real attitude to dealing with this epidemic of trafficking, systematic rape and torture.

Trafficking is certainly alive and well thanks to that attitude and indifference to deal with this issue (largely by men). The fact that she was unable to obtain work anywhere after this expose all to readily underlines the lack of interest in the private contractors to cleaning up their own operations... Deeply Sickening and Saddening!

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