Les traducteurs: whodunit thriller about a group of translators, one of whom is said to have leaked the text of a bestselling author.
Plot and background
Literature fans worldwide are eagerly awaiting the third and final volume of the Dedalus novel series, after the first two installments enjoyed great popularity. Publisher Eric Angstrom (Lambert Wilson) is all the more anxious to keep all the information about the sequel as secret as possible, because he senses a million-dollar business.
Angstrom hires nine professional translators from all over the world to translate the eagerly awaited book of the bestselling trilogy into their respective languages. After handing over all their electronic equipment, the translators are to set to work under extreme security measures in the closely guarded bunker of a mansion. But when the publisher suddenly receives a message from an unknown blackmailer, the supposed dream job turns into a nightmare. The blackmailer claims to have already put the first ten pages of the work online and demands a sum of millions to stop publication. Distrust is sown among the imprisoned translators and the situation becomes increasingly unhinged – with deadly consequences.
“The Enigma” – background, cast, theatrical release
French filmmaker Régis Roinsard (“Waiting for Bojangles”) brings an extraordinary whodunit thriller to theaters with “The Enigma.” The suspenseful thriller shines with a renowned cast. Olga Kurylenko (“James Bond: Quantum of Solace”), Lambert Wilson (“Matrix Resurrections “), Sidse Babett Knudsen (“Borgen”), Riccardo Scamarcio (“John Wick 2”), Alex Lawther (“The End of the F***ing World “) and German actress Anna Maria Sturm (“Wackersdorf”) are part of the international cast.
In France, the sophisticated thriller was already released three years earlier, but now “The Enigma” will also start in cinemas here on June 1, 2023.
