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Spotlight is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tom McCarthy released in USA on 25 november 2015 with Rachel McAdams
Spotlight (2015)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 25 november 2015
Length 2h8
Directed by Tom McCarthy
OriginUSA
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about journalists, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Films about child abuse
Rating80%
Spotlight is a 2015 American drama film directed by Thomas McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. It is about The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative unit in the United States, and their coverage of the Massachusetts Catholic sex abuse scandal, for which The Globe won the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup.
Spotlight was shown in the Out of Competition section of the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, as well as at the Telluride Film Festival and the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film is scheduled to be released on November 6, 2015, by Open Road Films.
Synopsis
En 1976, le prêtre John Geoghan est arrêté pour viol sur mineur à Boston. Dans la nuit, un prêtre de haut rang se rend au commissariat pour négocier avec la mère de l'enfant et laisse Geoghan ressortir libre alors que l'avocat général demande aux agents présents de ne pas ébruiter l'affaire.Actors
Rachel McAdams
(Sacha Pfeiffer)
Liev Schreiber
(Marty Baron)
Mark Ruffalo
(Michael Rezendes)
Stanley Tucci
(Mitchell Garabedian)
Brian d'Arcy James
(Matt Carroll)
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