The film is set in contemporary Melbourne and tells the story of Winnie, a young woman who runs a struggling political bookshop with her boyfriend Conrad and takes care of her disabled brother. Her efforts to hold everything together get thwarted when Conrad becomes entangled in an act of terrorism. The story is a contemporary adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s century-old novel “The Secret Agent”.

Thriller
Jonathan Ogilvie
Hugo Weaving
Tilda Cobham-Hervey