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Year: 2011
USA: Focus Features
UK: Universal Pictures International (UK)
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Cate Blanchett, Olivia
Williams, Michelle Dockery, Tom Hollander, Jessica Barden, Paris
Arrowsmith, John MacMilla, Tim Beckman
Director: Joe Wright
Countries: USA / UK / Germany
USA & UK: 111 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and
action, some sexual material and language
UK Certificate: 12A contains moderate violence and one use of
strong language
USA Release Date: 8 April 2011
UK Release Date: 6 May 2011
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Synopsis
"Once you flip the switch, there's no going back. Adapt or
die."
Filmed on location in Europe and Morocco, HANNA stars Academy Award
nominee Saoirse Ronan (ATONEMENT) as a 16 year-old teenage girl, who
goes out into the world for the first time and ends up having to
battle for her life. Director Joe Wright (ATONEMENT) weaves elements
of dark fairy tales into the adventure thriller.
Hanna is bright, inquisitive and a devoted daughter. Uniquely, she
has the strength, the stamina, and the smarts of a solider; these
come from being raised by her widowed father Erik (Eric Bana), an
ex-CIA man, in the wilds of North Finland. Erik has taught Hanna to
hunt, put her through extreme self-defence workouts, and
home-schooled her with only an encyclopaedia and a book of fairy
tales. She’s been living a life unlike any other teenager; her
upbringing and training have been one and the same, all geared to
making her the perfect assassin. But in the outside world there is
unfinished business for Hanna’s family. It is with a mixture of
pride and apprehension that Erik realizes his daughter can no longer
be held back.
This turning point in Hanna’s adolescence is a sharp one; she is
separated from Erik and embarks on the mission that she was always
destined for. Before she and her father can reunite as planned in
Berlin, Hanna is captured by agents dispatched by ruthless
intelligence operative Marissa Wiegler (Academy Award winner Cate
Blanchett). Marissa, a career agent, has long been harbouring
secrets that tie her to Hanna and Erik.
Detained for observation and held beneath the Moroccan desert, Hanna
soon turns the tables on her captors. Her daring escape to back to
the surface thrusts her into an unfamiliar landscape and world,
which she must quickly learn to adapt to. Marissa secretly orders a
team of agents after Hanna, and joins the deadly pursuit herself.
While Hanna journeys across Europe and nears her ultimate target,
she faces startling revelations about her existence and unexpected
questions about her humanity.
Original score by The Chemical Brothers.
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