The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, and Catherine Keener. It was the final film to be directed by Sydney Pollack. Silvia Broome is an interpreter working at the United Nations in New York. She was raised in the Republic of Matobo, a fictional African country, but has dual citizenship. The United Nations is considering indicting Edmond Zuwanie , president of Matobo, to stand trial in the International Criminal Court. Initially a liberator, over the past 20 years he has become as corrupt and tyrannical as the government he overthrew, and is now... responsible for ethnic cleansing and other atrocities within Matobo. Zuwanie is soon to visit the United Nations and put forward his own case to the General Assembly, in an attempt to avoid the indictment. A security scare forces the evacuation of the UN building, and Silvia returns at night to reclaim some personal belongings. At that time she overhears discussion of an assassination plot, and runs scared from the building when those discussing the plot become aware of her presence.
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| Release date: | April 4, 2005 |
| Directed by: | Sydney Pollack |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 128 Minutes |
| Producer: | Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Kevin Misher |
| Editor: | William Steinkamp |
| Music by: | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography: | Darius Khondji |
| Screenplay by: | Charles Randolph, Scott Frank, Steven Zaillian |
| Estimated budget: | $80,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |