At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
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Anne Hathaway
Elena McMahon
Ben Affleck
Treat Morrison
Rosie Perez
Alma Guerrero
Willem Dafoe
Richard McMahon
Edi Gathegi
Jones
Mel Rodriguez
Barry Sedlow
Onata Aprile
Cat McMahon
Toby Jones
Paul Schuster
Carlos Leal
Max Epperson aka Bob Weir
Ben Chase
Max Berquist
Julian Gamble
Secretary George Shultz
Robert Sedgwick
Stewart James
Bill Kelly
General Gus Sharp
David Vadim
Buck Pearson
César Galindez
Red Truck Driver
Dee Rees
Director
Dee Rees
Screenplay
Marco Villalobos
Screenplay
Joan Didion
Novel
James Harris
Executive Producer
Mark Lane
Executive Producer
Walter Josten
Executive Producer
Robert Jones
Executive Producer
Jamin O'Brien
Executive Producer
Cyril Megret
Executive Producer
Wayne Marc Godfrey
Executive Producer
Dee Rees
Producer
Luillo Ruiz
Producer
Cassian Elwes
Producer
Bobby Bukowski
Director of Photography
