Our Kind of Traitor New Trailer – ‘Why did you choose me?’
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, StellanSkarsgård, Damian Lewis, Alicia von Rittberg, Jeremy Northam, Mark Stanley, Mark Gatiss
Spy thriller directed by Susanna White which follows an ordinary English couple, Perry (Ewan McGregor) and Gail (Naomie Harris) who while on holiday in Marrakech befriend a flamboyant and charismatic Russian, Dima (Stellan Skarsgård), who unbeknownst to them is a kingpin money launderer for the Russian mafia.
When Dima asks for their help to deliver classified information to the British Secret Services, Perry and Gail get caught in a dangerous world of international espionage and dirty politics. The couple is propelled on a perilous journey through Paris and Bern, a safe house in the French Alps, to the murky corners of the City of London and an alliance with the British Government via a ruthless and determined MI6 agent Hector (Damian Lewis).
Best Quotes from Trailer:
[referring to Dima as they are sat in a restaurant]
Gail: Stop starring
Perry: He’s the one who’s starring, look.
[Dima walks over to their table]
Dima: Come have a drink with us.
Dima: Why don’t you come to the villa for a small party tonight?
[later as Perry and Gail go to Dima’s party]
Gail: This is a small party?
Dima: I need your help?
Perry: Help you? What can I do? I’m a teacher.
[holding a USB stick]
Dima: Give this to your MI6. Tell them you have a gift from the number money launderer from the Russian mafia.
[at MI6, meeting with MI6 agent, Hector]
Hector: Is this all he gave you?
Perry: Yeah.
Hector: He told you he was a member of the Russian Mafia, and you still agreed to help him.
Perry: I thought I could just hand it over and be done with it. He said that his children would be killed if I didn’t.
Hector: You believed him?
Perry: [to Gail] I can’t stop thinking about him, his family.
Hector: Never before have we had an informant this high up in Russian organized crime. British politician, lawyers and bankers recruited by Russians here in London.
Billy Matlock: What does he want?
Hector: Asylum for himself and his family.
Hector: Trouble is, they’ll only deal with this if you’re there in Paris.
Perry: I can’t get involved.
Hector: I’m afraid you are involved.
Dima: I’m a threat to Moscow, to Kremlin, I know where the money comes from.
Hector: [To Dima] How do I know that all these people are being paid!
Dima: [to Perry] You can start breathing, professor. Calm. Or you’ll have a heart attack.
Billy Matlock: [to Hector] Where are you hiding them?
[to Hector]
Perry: We’re getting his family out, that’s all that matters to him!
Gail: They’ll kill them.
Hector: I can’t guarantee your safety, they’ll be coming after you.
Perry: Then you’d better hurry.
Hector: Money has no smell as long as there’s enough of it. It doesn’t change color, it’s still blood money!
Perry: [to Dima] Why did you choose me?
Our Kind of Traitor is set for release in the UK May 6th
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