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Profile

Drama · Mystery · Thriller · 2018

Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

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Profile

“The connection is virtual. The danger is real.”

2018 Drama · Mystery · Thriller 1h 46m

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6.9 / 10

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Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Timur Bekmambetov

Written by

Britt Poulton · Olga Kharina · Timur Bekmambetov

Valene Kane

Valene Kane

Amy Whittaker

Shazad Latif

Shazad Latif

Abu Bilel Al-Britani

Christine Adams

Christine Adams

Vick

Amir Rahimzadeh

Amir Rahimzadeh

Lou

Morgan Watkins

Morgan Watkins

Matthew

Therica Wilson-Read

Therica Wilson-Read

Stella

Eloise Thomas

Eloise Thomas

Taylor

Court is in session

Put Profile on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.