The East
The East screens at 8:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, at the Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S. Second St., in downtown Renton. Tickets are available at online at siff.net.
Here’s the film’s description from the Seattle International Film Festival.
Too often when a large corporation hurts an underprivileged community with a poorly tested drug or a toxic spill, the punishment is a slap on the wrist and a token fine. The anarchist collective The East hates that—so they’ve decided that the CEOs and decision-makers should be punished in an eye-for-an-eye sort of way. Brit Marling (“Sound of My Voice,” “Another Earth”) co-wrote and stars as Sarah, a corporate spy hired to infiltrate The East and stop their reign of terror, not to mention make a lot of money for her company, which sells a sort of “terrorism insurance” to shady, large corporations. Sarah proves to be an excellent agent, hitchhiking with anarchist activists until she finds her way into the eco-terrorist organization. There she meets the leader, Benji (Alexander Skarsgard), and his second-in command, Izzy (Ellen Page), who are initially skeptical of her. As with any undercover agent, the deeper she gets into it the more her loyalties become divided. Director Zal Batmanglij co-wrote “The East” with Marling as a follow up to their indie hit “Sound of My Voice,” and this film takes themes from the last and explodes them onto an even larger level. THE EAST is an exciting thriller that will keep you guessing until the end. (d. Zal Batmanglij c: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgard, Ellen Page, Toby Kebbell, Shiloh Fernandez, Patricia Clarkson, Julia Ormond. USA 2013, 116 min)
