Backstabbing for Beginners
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Backstabbing for Beginners

(2018)Directed by Per Fly108 min · RThriller, Drama, History
“If you dig too deep, you may not like what comes up”

The United Nations Oil-for-Food Programme is running in the 1990s, and Michael (Theo James), an idealistic young employee, has joined it with a head full of good intentions. His boss Pasha (Ben Kingsley) takes him in, but then a predecessor turns up murdered, and Michael starts to look into it. Per Fly follows him through the paperwork and the quiet meetings, a man trying to learn who in this building he can trust.

Theo Jamesas Michael
Jacqueline Bissetas Christina Dupre
Ben Kingsleyas Pasha
Brian Markinsonas Rasnetsov
Shauna MacDonaldas Reporter
Aidan Devineas Justin Cutter
Peshang Radas Hassan
Mishu Vellanias Award Presenter
Dwight Irelandas U.S. Customs Agent
Elena Khanas Prisoner
Alex Hatzas WSJ Editor
Carlos Pinderas Cabbie
Zahir Gilanias Bearded Man
AAAbbas Abdulghanias Kurdish Imam
Fabio Lusvarghias United Nations Staff