The Last Thing He Wanted
At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.
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Anne Hathaway
Elena McMahon
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Ben Affleck
Treat Morrison
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Rosie Perez
Alma Guerrero
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Willem Dafoe
Richard McMahon
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Mel Rodriguez
Barry Sedlow
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Onata Aprile
Cat McMahon
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Paul Schuster
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Carlos Leal
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Max Berquist
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Julian Gamble
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Millie Ruperto
Dee Rees Director · Marco Villalobos Screenplay Joan Didion Author
United States release February 14, 2020 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States, Puerto Rico · Languages English, French, Spanish
Production
Elevated Films
Production
Little Red Hen
Production
The Fyzz
Production
Netflix
Studio
United Kingdom · United States · Puerto Rico
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · Spanish
Release dates
United States · January 27, 2020
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · February 14, 2020
Limited theatrical
United States · February 21, 2020
Digital · Netflix
Brazil
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
France
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Italy
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Japan
February 21, 2020 · Digital
Netherlands
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Poland
February 21, 2020 · Digital
Russia
July 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Singapore
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
South Korea
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
Spain
February 21, 2020 · Digital · Netflix
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