Smoke Signals (2024)
Rating: 6.6/10
Duration: 95 min
Director(s): Antoine Raimbault,
Description:
2012, John Dalli, the European Commissioner for Health, is accused of corruption and influence peddling related to the tobacco industry. French Member of the European Parliament José Bové, maverick politician and prominent figure of the environmental party, suspects a setup by the tobacco manufacturer Swedish Match, potentially involving the President of the European Commission, José Barroso. Standing alone against all odds, he decides to investigate and unravel this story, which shook the foundations of the entire European institutions.
Cast
- Joaquim de Almeida as José Manuel Durão Barroso
- Vincenzo Amato as Giovanni Kessler
- Maria de Medeiros as Lucia Monteiro
- Bouli Lanners as José Bové
- Bernard Blancan as Michel
- Nicolas Vaude as Dany
- Béatrice de Staël as Michèle
- Maurizio Marchetti as John Dalli
- Luca Terracciano as Ewan Micaleff
- Thomas VDB as Fabrice
- Céleste Brunnquell as Clémence
- Wim Willaert as Bart Staes
- Lisa Karlström as Inge
- Klaus Schreiber as Martin Schulz
- Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson as Johann Gabrielsson