The Tailor of Panama
(2001)
★ 6 IMDb · 566 votes
Year: 2001
Runtime: 109 мин
Country: Ireland, United States of America
Director: Джон Бурмен
Cast: Пирс Броснан, Джеффри Раш, Джейми Ли Кёртис, Леонор Варела, Брендан Глисон, Harold Pinter, Кэтрин МакКормак, Дэниел Рэдклифф, Lola Boorman, Дэвид Хейман
Plot
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
John le Carré's spy thriller is brought to the big screen. A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a criminal past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the canal administrator, and a huge debt. The spy's mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Panama Canal, but he's really in business for himself, blackmailing the tailor into spinning a fantastic tale about the canal being sold to China and former mercenaries ready to topple the current government.