The Last Thing He Wanted

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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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Director

Dee Rees

Cast

Anne Hathaway

Ben Affleck

Rosie Perez

Willem Dafoe

Edi Gathegi

Mel Rodriguez

Onata Aprile

Toby Jones

Carlos Leal

Ben Chase

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