The Whistleblower
As traumatic as it might be to watch The Whistleblower, being involved in the story it depicts must have been impossible to forget. Told through the eyes of a Nebraska police officer who accepts a position as a United Nations peacekeeper in late-90s war-torn Bosnia, the film uncovers widespread rape and sex-trafficking, much of it involving the men Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) works with at the United Nations. Often, it is not the story of the war itself that is so powerful; it can just as easily be experiences that arise as a consequence of war that puncture our memories. That's certainly the case with The Whistleblower, thanks to a fearless performance by Weisz, and the decision by rookie director Larysa Knodracki to not play flag football with the facts. It may not be a technically superior movie, but it's a hard one to shake.
By Colin Boyd
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The Whistleblower is not showing in any theaters in the area.
Credits
Director:
- Larysa Kondracki
Cast:
- Rachel Weisz
- Monica Bellucci
- Vanessa Redgrave
- Benedict Cumberbatch
- David Strathairn
- Liam Cunningham
- David Hewlett
- William Hope
Producers:
- Nicolas Chartier
- Sergei Bespalov
- Peter Schafer
- Amy Kaufman
- Christina Piovesan
- Celine Rattray
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