MOVIE | The Correspondent trailer – Maslow Entertainment today launched the trailer for the highly anticipated Australian film THE CORRESPONDENT, starring Richard Roxburgh.
Based on the incredible true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, the film will be released in Australian cinemas on 26th December 2024.
THE CORRESPONDENT is a gripping biographical thriller about the relentless defence of the truth and triumph of the human spirit. While covering the news desk in Cairo over the Christmas holidays, Australian journalist Peter Greste is arrested and accused of terrorism.
He has become a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries. Now the subject of his own worldwide news story, with only his wits and unlikely allies keeping him alive, Greste’s freedom and his very survival means staring down a brutal regime.
THE CORRESPONDENT is directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) and produced by Carmel Travers with a screenplay by Peter Duncan based on Peter Greste’s memoir The First Casualty.
Richard Roxburgh, as Peter Greste, is joined onscreen by Rahel Romahn, Julian Maroun, Mojean Aria, Fayssal Bazzi, and Yael Stone with John Bell and Anna Volska as Lois and Juris Greste, Peter’s parents. The film will receive its World Premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival on 23rd October 2024, where it will screen as the coveted Opening Night film.
“It’s been an honour to tell the true story of Peter Greste and his incarceration in Egypt, at a time when the very nature of journalism is under siege”,
– said producer, Carmel Travers.
“Working with an extraordinary team in front of and behind the camera and under the direction of the masterful Kriv Stenders is pure joy. It’s been a privilege to tell a story about a very honourable Australian that has resonance across the globe”,
– she added.
THE CORRESPONDENT has received major production investment from Screen Australia in association with Screen NSW under the Made in NSW Fund and the Regional Filming Fund.
Financed with support from Jovial Planet Productions, Spectrum Entertainment, Dreamlight Studio, the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund, Fulcrum Media Finance and High Pass Holdings. Produced by Pop Family Entertainment.
The Correspondent – 26 December, 2024 in cinemas
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MOVIE | The Correspondent trailer
