"Ides of March"
Political thriller/USA/2011
directed by: George Clooney
screenplay: Beau Willimon, Grant Heslov, George Clooney
photography: Phedon Papamichael
music: Alexandre Desplat
starring: George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Certificate: 12
Running time: 97 min.
The Ides of March, i.e., 15 March, is a very specific date. It was during these celebrations in 44 BC that Julius Caesar was murdered. One of his killers was Brutus, whom in his final moments Caesar recognized and - to his astonishment - famously accusingly addressed: “and you too, Brutus?”
The year is 2010; the presidential campaign is in full swing. A young, extraordinarily gifted campaign leader of one of the candidates is offered a lucrative position by his political enemy. Will he succumb to the temptation?
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