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The Whistleblower

Cinema Release Date:
29 Sep 2011
DVD Release Date:
22 Feb 2012
Director:
Larysa Kondracki
Featuring:
Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci, Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Rated:
MA 15+ Strong themes and violence
Run Time:
112 minutes
Country of Origin:
Canada
Genre:
Drama
 

Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz: The Constant Gardener) is a Nebraska cop who accepts a well-paying UN peacekeeping job in United Nations regulated Bosnia. She works as part of a private corporate army, training Bosnian police to restore order to the war-torn country.

As she begins to get the lay of the land in her new environment, Kathryn starts to see signs of a shocking underground sex-trafficking industry whose patrons are not only from within the corporation but from within the United Nations as well. After finding a woman who has escaped from a human trafficker selling sex slaves to hidden brothels in the area, Kathryn begins to see how expansive an industry it has become in the years following the war.

Featuring a remarkable performance from Rachel Weisz, The Whistleblower is a harrowing political thriller based on the true story of Kathryn Bolkovac; of a single woman's quest for justice in the face of a truth no one wanted to expose.