AN OFFICER AND A SPY is a tense thriller starring French actor Jean Dujardin, who won the prestigious Oscar in 2011 in the category of leading male role for his performance in the film "The Artist". He was joined in supporting roles by acclaimed actor Louis Garrel and Emmanuelle Seigner, otherwise the wife of Roman Polanski in real life. It is important to point out that AN OFFICER AND A SPY is certainly one of the most critically acclaimed films of the year, and on the popular Rotten Tomatoes website the audience gave him over 80% positive reviews, which certainly means that this is another work of art by a great director. boldly miss.
On January 5, 1895, a young rising captain, Alfred Dreyfus, was accused of spying for Germany and sentenced to life in prison to be spent in a tower on Devil's Island. Among the witnesses to Dreyfus' humiliation is Georges Picquart, who was promoted to lead a military counterintelligence unit that also accused Dreyfus. But after Picquart discovers that after Dreyfus' imprisonment, the Germans are still receiving secret information, he enters a dangerous labyrinth of deception and corruption that threatens not only to endanger his honor, but also his own life…
After winning the Silver Lion for directing at the Venice Film Festival last year - the second most important award of the entire festival - Polanski recently triumphed with the film AN OFFICER AND A SPY at the French Cesar Award, a counterpart to the American Oscar with a record 12 nominations, including for best film and direction. Although protests were organized in Paris before the award ceremony by the Women's Rights Movement against Polanski, but also by the Academy itself, which included his film in the competition for awards, the film eventually won three awards, of which Polanski himself received two - for best adapted screenplay and best direction.
