Spotlight
by
Thomas McCarthy
Gala Premieres
“I know there are things you can’t tell me. But there is a story here and I think everybody should hear about it.” Boston, Massachusetts, 2001. When the Boston Globe’s tenacious Spotlight” team of reporters delve into allegations of abuse in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston’s religious, legal, and government establishment. In the fight against one of the oldest and most powerful institutions in the world, the story sent waves crashing around the globe when it finally broke and changed many people’s view of the Catholic Church.
- Genre: Thriller
- Country, Year: USA, 2015
- Runtime: 126 Min
- Languages: English
- Subtitles: German, French
- Director: Thomas McCarthy
- Cast: Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber
- Screenplay: Josh Singer , Tom McCarthy
- Cinematography: Masanobu Takayanagi
- Editor: Tom McArdle
- Music: Howard Shore
- Producers: Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Blye Pagon Faust
- Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Pierre Omidyar, Michael Bederman, Bard Dorros, Tom Ortenberg, Peter Lawson, Xavier Marchand
- Production Company: Anonymous Content
- World Sales: Entertainment One Films International
- Swiss Distribution: Praesens Film AG
