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The East (2013)
The life of Sara, a young courageous and intelligent girl, works as a secret agent for a huge intelligence firm, where she has to track down a group of friends named, The East, that do secret attacks on the famous corporation that pollute the environment, but in doing so, incidents come to challenge her.
17 February 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
26 February 1985, Ukiah, California, USA
20 April 1985
25 March 1973, Covington, Louisiana, USA
October 05, 2013
Provocative and exciting, with bigger set pieces and a fierce devotion to character development, this is the sort of smart genre thriller that Hollywood needs more of.
September 26, 2013
Immaculately made with a thought-provoking emphasis on corporate espionage, it's just missing intensity and grit
June 13, 2013
Marling and Batmanglij bring an evenhanded perspective to their portrayals of the characters and issues involved.
January 01, 2014
The total effect is affected, annoying and off-putting.
August 05, 2013
If you start off seeing the film's moral world in simple black and white terms - greedy one percent on one side; righteous activists on the other - you'll be left uneasy... but Marling and Batmanglij deliver gripping suspense and challenging ideas.
June 20, 2013
The latest collaboration between director Zal Batmanglij and screenwriter Brit Marling suffers from the same problem as their previous picture, Sound of My Voice: It's taut, compelling, unpredictable and completely wipes out in the final few minutes.
September 29, 2013
Marling's committed performance is offset slightly by Skarsgård's glumness and the 'surprise' casting of Page, who plays the part like Juno grown up (sort of) and turned vengeful communist psychopath.
January 01, 2014
The whole thing feels strident and naive, a well-meaning drama composed by a couple of college kids for their Environmental Science final.
June 14, 2013
"The East" leaves questions unanswered, but at least it asks those questions.
June 25, 2013
Its morally ambiguous investigation of extreme left-wing politics is ... light years away from usual multiplex concerns.
June 13, 2013
A fast-rising newcomer to film, the willowy Marling is maturing fast, and encouragingly unwilling to dumb herself down for stock girlfriend roles. This is her strongest work yet and I hope a harbinger of much more to come.