The Last Thing He Wanted
4.9/10
Rating
116 min
Runtime
2020
Release Year
Dee Rees
Director
Cast
Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe, Edi Gathegi
Quick Synopsis
During the 1984 US presidential campaign, Elena McMahon, a determined investigative journalist, is covering the political events when she receives news that her father is seriously ill. Despite the risks involved, she decides to leave her reporting assignment to attend to her father's final request. As she delves into fulfilling this wish, Elena uncovers aspects of her father's secretive past that she had never known, placing herself in increasing danger amid the unfolding Iran-Contra affair.
Detailed Synopsis of The Last Thing He Wanted
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.
