Academy Award winner Frances McDormand (Fargo) and Brian Cox (The Bourne Identity) confront danger and deception at every turn in this chilling, explosive story set in strife-torn Northern Ireland. Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, Hidden Agenda is a taut political thriller that makes the unthinkable seem all too plausible.
American activists Paul Sullivan (Brad Dourif) and his fiancee Ingrid Jessner (McDormand) journey to Belfast to probe allegations of brutal rights abuses by British security forces. When Paul is killed under mysterious circumstances, the official reports list him as an I.R.A. accomplice. But Ingrid and British policeman Paul Kerrigan (Cox) question the findings and begin to uncover a shocking high-level conspiracy. Now, with their safety in jeopardy, they must decide whether to risk everything to reveal the truth.