You can’t tell a person from whisper…

was the key lesson I learnt from a trip to see the new Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn movie – The Interpreter.

This is a really nice, taut thriller – in which Kidman plays a translator at the United Nations in New York – she overhears a conversation in a strange African dialect which outlines a plot for murder…Sean Penn plays the cop sent to investigate, then protect her as the plot unfolds.

I think this was the first movie ever to be shot inside the United Nations building – and that in itself is interesting to see, but the film is really well made and acted – taut without having loads of dramatic scenes. There are very limited action scenes, and only a single explosion – but the drama and suspense is built by some great acting, and good story telling. I loved this. 9/10.