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Film / 2008
Secrets of State
Directed by
Philippe Haïm
In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while …
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In France, terrorist groups and intelligence agencies battle in a merciless war everyday, in the name of radically opposed ideologies. Yet, terrorist and secret agents lead almost the same lives. Condemned to secrecy, these masters of manipulation follow the same methods. Alex and Al Barad are two of them. The former is the head of the D.G.S.E.'s (Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure, the French equivalent of the CIA or the MI6) counter-terrorism unit while the latter reigns over a terrorist network, and both fight using the most ruthless of weapons: human beings.
Cast
Gérard LanvinAlex
Vahina GiocanteDiane / Lisa
Nicolas DuvauchellePierre
Simon AbkarianAl Barad
Rachida BrakniLeïla / Chadia
Mehdi NebbouAhmed
Aurélien WiikJérémy
Nicolas MariéFouche
Katia LewkowiczAline
Kamel BelghaziAziz
Djemel BarekKhaled
Carim MessaltiHajj
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Hassam GhancyDanar
Salem KaliSalem
Moussa MaaskriSlim
Saïd AmadisClient Lisa
Catherine HiegelLa mère de Pierre
Jil MilanHomme S.A.
Asil RaïsQuayim
Anatole TaubmanDaniel
Bertrand CombeDirecteur de la recherche
Bertrand LiebertDirecteur des opérations
Gérard LecaillonDirecteur du renseignement
Emmanuel VieillyHomme C.E.M.P.
Jérôme BertinConseille Premier Ministre
Reda SamoudiProfesseur Langues Orientales
Serge BiavanDirecteur commercial groupe Mayer
Eric DénécéChimiste
Antoine SfeirIslamologue
Malek ChebelAnalyste
Anne GiudicelliLinguiste
Stéphanie BerthometVétérinaire
William CagnardAcheteur flic
Warren ZavattaDétenu
Paco BoublardBeur
Patrick GuérineauHomme DGSE aéroport
Benjamin PenemariaSkin
Thierry AngelvyMaton Aziz
Jérémy BardeauCadet 1
Joffrey PlatelCadet 2
Didier NobletzMaton
Mohamed OubajjitImam prison
Jean-David SteplerPatrick
Charley FouquetBlonde
David KrügerInterrogateur DGSE
Jean-Pierre LoustauPatron service d'action
Mahmoud SaidAmbassadeur jordanien
Célia LevadouxAmie de Jérémy
Nasri SayeghIslamiste
Driss RoukheNatrif
Mohammed TalebChauffeur voiture
Karim DoukkaliAmi ex-client Lisa
Abdelghafar EssalfiSommelier
Bruno FlenderResponsable PC sécurité métro
Michaël Vander-MeirenMaton Fleury-Mérogis
Ruben AlvesLa nouvelle recrue
Big JohnInmate
Alexandre OttoveggioThe pilote
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