The Last Thing He Wanted
2020 · 1h 56m · Drama, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States of America · Rated R (US)
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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Dee ReesBased on the novel by
Joan Didion5.0Smart score
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1980sbased on novel or bookcosta ricaco-workers relationshipel salvadorfather daughter relationshipinvestigative journalismiran–contra affairpolitical thrillersandinismweapons traffickingwoman director
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