You Were Never Really Here

You Were Never Really Here

Joe is a war veteran and former FBI agent. Now he cannot leave his hometown without supervision and is engaged in freeing young girls from sexual captivity in brothels. But Joe does it by breaking all laws, following only his own code of honor. One influential senator is in trouble - his daughter is missing and is most likely in some kind of brothel. He asks Joe to find and free the girl from captivity. But the man understands that the network of sex slavery has become very large, and influential people are behind it. Fighting the government machine that owns this business alone will be very difficult. Read more The director of the picture is Lynn Ramsey. She previously worked on the project Something Wrong with Kevin (2011). Joaquin Phoenix played the main role in the film. This actor is known for the films "Gladiator" (2000), "Cross the line" (2005), "She" (2013). The film also starred: Kateryna Samsonov (the series "Mozart in the Jungle"), Alessandro Nivola ("Faceless" (1997), "Goal!" (2005), "Coco to Chanel" (2009)), Alex Manetti ("There's Something Wrong with Kevin" (2011), "No Connection" (2012), "The Butler" (2013)), John Dowman ("Mysterious river" (2003), "Valentine" (2010) series "Borgia"). The premiere of the film took place on May 27, 2017 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received prizes for "Best Actor" and "Best Screenplay". Film critics of the website http://www.metacritic.com rated the film 88/100, and https://www.rottentomatoes.com has 80% positive reviews (24/30).