"The truth needs no translation."

2005

2h 8m

6.3(1486 votes)

Crime

Thriller

Overview

After Silvia Broome, an interpreter at United Nations headquarters, overhears plans of an assassination, an American Secret Service agent is sent to investigate.

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68 members

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Nicole Kidman

Silvia Broome

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Sean Penn

Tobin Keller

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Catherine Keener

Dot Woods

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Jesper Christensen

Nils Lud

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Yvan Attal

Philippe

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Earl Cameron

Zuwanie

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George Harris

Kuman-Kuman

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Michael Wright

Marcus

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Clyde Kusatsu

Police Chief Lee Wu

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Eric Keenleyside

Rory Robb

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Hugo Speer

Simon Broome

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Maz Jobrani

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Yusuf Gatewood

Doug

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Curtiss Cook

Ajene Xola

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Byron Utley

Jean Gamba

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Robert Clohessy

FBI Agent King

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Terry Serpico

FBI Agent Lewis

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David Fonteno

Phillip Ostroff

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John Knox

Fred Jameson

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David Zayas

Charlie Russell

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Lynne Deragon

American Ambassador Davis

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Christopher Evan Welch

Jonathan Williams

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Manuel Mawelele

African Boy

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Dino Mulima

African Boy

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Litto

African Boy

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Adrian Martinez

Roland

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Tsai Chin

Luan

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Francine Roussel

Isobel

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Enid Graham

Jenny

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Lou Ferguson

Matoban Ambassador

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Okwui Okpokwasili

Tour Guide

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Vladimir Bibic

G.A. President

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Jacques Sebag

French Ambassador

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Pietro González

Chilean Ambassador

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Patrick Ssenjovu

Jad Jamal

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Michael McGrath

Jonathan Ferris

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Paul de Sousa

Portuguese Janitor

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Chris McKinney

Forensic Officer

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Martha Elliott

Woman on Bus

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Jim Ward

U.N. Security Officer

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Trevor Archer

U.N. Security Officer

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Ricardo Walker

U.N. Security Officer

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Harry O'Reilly

U.N. Security Officer

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Kirby Mitchell

U.N. Security Officer

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Guy A. Fortt

U.N. Security Officer

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Ramsey Faragallah

Polygraph Technician

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John Di Benedetto

Mechanic

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Bridget L. Doerksen

Stripper

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Ana Maria Lupo

Stripper

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Nelson Landrieu

Spanish Speaking Interpreter

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Leonid Citer

Russian Interpreter

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Satish Joshi

Secretary General

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Sophie Traub

Young Silvia

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Monty Ashton-Lewis

Young Simon

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Pat Kiernan

Himself

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Margot Staub

News Reporter

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Harry Prichett

News Reporter

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Ed Onipede Blunt

News Reporter

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Diane Winter

British Airways Ticket Agent

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Gerry Robert Byrne

U.N. Tourist

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Lisa Marie Palmieri

UN VIP Delegate

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Brevard Hudson

Interperter

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Sydney Pollack

Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

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Michael Arthur

United Nations Cop (uncredited)

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Hélène Cardona

French Interpreter (voice) (uncredited)

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Wayne Chang

Secret Service Agent (uncredited)

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Dana Eskelson

Secret Service Agent #1 (uncredited)

Sound

Von Decarlo

Woman on Bus (uncredited)

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