Spotlight

feature film, historical film, crime drama, USA, 2015

DIRECTED BY: Tom McCarthy

Spotlight

CAST:
Mark Ruffalo (Mike Rezendes),
Michael Keaton (Walter 'Robby' Robinson),
Rachel McAdams (Sacha Pfeiffer),
Liev Schreiber (Marty Baron),
John Slattery (Ben Bradlee Jr.),
Brian d'Arcy James (Matt Carroll)

SCRIPT:
Josh Singer,
Tom McCarth

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Masanobu Takayanagi

MUSIC:
Howard Shore

EDITING:
Tom McArdle

Synopsis:

The film was inspired by real events that took place in early 200’s and follows the journalist investigation of Boston Globe that revealed cases of sexual molestation performed by more than 70 priests. The story by the journalists of Boston Globe won the Pulitzer award and shook up the Catholic Church from the ground up. The mighty institutions attempted to cover up the investigation, but luckily it resulted in revealing similar crimes all over the world.

The film won an Oscar as Best Picture in 2016.

color, 129'

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