Read between the lies.
A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politician's assistant drowns in a mysterious accident.
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Ewan McGregorThe Ghost
- Pierce BrosnanAdam Lang
- Kim CattrallAmelia Bly
- Olivia WilliamsRuth Lang
- Tom WilkinsonPaul Emmett
- Timothy HuttonSidney Kroll
- Jon BernthalRick Ricardelli
- Tim PreeceRoy
- Robert PughRichard Rycart
- David RintoulStranger
Crew
- Roman PolanskiDirector
- Roman PolanskiScreenplay
- Robert HarrisScreenplay
- Robert HarrisNovel
- Paweł EdelmanDirector of Photography
- Alexandre DesplatOriginal Music Composer
- Hervé de LuzeEditor
- Robert BenmussaProducer
- Roman PolanskiProducer
- Alain SardeProducer
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