Closed Circuit (2013 film)

Closed Circuit is a 2013 BritishAmerican crime thriller film directed by John Crowley and written by Steven Knight, released on August 28, 2013. The film stars Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciarn Hinds, Jim Broadbent, and Riz Ahmed.

Barristers Martin Rose and Claudia SimmonsHowe are selected by the British Attorney General to represent Farroukh in court after the previous barrister fell off a roof. The two barristers secretly had an affair in the past, which became known to Martins wife and has caused an alienation from her and their son. Due to the classified nature of the sources in the trial, the trial is split into two divisions. Claudia will represent Farroukh in closed hearings to attempt to determine which classified pieces of information are required for his defense. Martin will represent him in the open trial using information allowed by the closed hearings. The two barristers are not allowed to contact one another. Claudia is watched over by MI5 agent Nazrul Sharma with very strict rules of accessing the classified information. Martin is assisted by friend and lawyer Devlin.The case quickly turns mysterious for both barristers. Farroukh and his family refuse to talk and simply state hes guilty. Martin and Claudia notice signs that theyre secretly being monitored. Investigation into peculiar aspects of Farroukhs past leads Martin to discover that Farroukh was a secret MI5 agent, who had been planted in a terrorist cell in London. It is never revealed whether Farroukh doublecrossed MI5 or if the cell doublecrossed him, but in either case, the terrorist attack was accidentally funded by MI5. MI5 is willing to kill to keep this secret, and Farroukh and his family are admitting guilt in order to avoid assassination. Meanwhile, a prominent American journalist, Joanna Reece attempts to get close to Martin in order to get information about the trial, but Martin is one step ahead. He eventually gets Joannas help by sharing information she has on the case though Reece is mysteriously murdered soon after. ........

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