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Promo Trailer for THE WHISTLEBLOWER Starring Rachel Weisz

by Matt Goldberg Posted: May 30th, 2010 at 9:07 pm

Collider reader Freddy turned us on to a new promo trailer for The Whistleblower. The film stars Rachel Weisz as a female cop from Nebraska who serves as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia but ends up exposing a United Nations cover-up of a sex trafficking scandal. I ragged on the premise a bit when we reported Weisz’ casting in May 2009, but looking at this trailer, the film looks good. There will be comparisons to Weisz’s role in The Constant Gardener (a role for which she earned an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress), but she’s a fantastic actress and knows how to deliver. The film’s also got a strong supporting cast including David Strathairn, Monica Bellucci, Nikolaj Lie Kaas (Brødre), and Vanessa Redgrave. It will be interesting to see what co-writer/director Larysa Kondracki pulls off with her first feature-length film.

Hit the jump to check out the promo trailer plus the promo poster.

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Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, and Vanessa Redgrave Join Rachel Weisz in THE WHISTLEBLOWER

by Matt Goldberg Posted: October 20th, 2009 at 8:00 pm

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Variety reports that Monica Bellucci, David Strathairn, and Vanessa Redgrave will join Rachel Weisz in the indie political drama, “The Whistleblower”. Based on a true story, “The Whistleblower” is the directorial debut of Larysa Kondracki’s and tells the story of policewoman (Weisz) who risks her job and her own safety to uncover and bring to light a scandal involving both American contractors and the United Nations in postwar Bosnia. You wouldn’t think a scandal could erupt at the intersection of “American contractors”, “United Nations”, and “postwar Bosnia” but I guess we’ll just have to suspend our disbelief.

Weisz is having a great 2009 so far. She gave one of the best female performances of the year in “The Brothers Bloom” and she played the lead in Alejandro Amenábar’s “Agora” which became Spain’s top-grossing film of the year after only four days. Weisz will next be seen in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of Alice Sebold’s “The Lovely Bones”.