Surveilled

"Your phone is a spy."

2024 1h 0m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 27

Documentary

Synopsis

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Uncover the insidious ways in which our daily lives are being surveilled by the state. In a gripping chase, Ronan Farrow travels across the world following breadcrumbs and finally exposing a dark world of spywares, hacking, and peddling of private information, where activists and journalists are persecuted, and no one is protected from the watchful and vicious eyes of authoritarianism.

“Your phone is a spy.”

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Cast

Ronan Farrow
Self
David Remnick
Self
Claudiu Dan Gheorghe
Self
Unjin Lee
Self
David Rohde
Self
Sami Abu Shehadeh
Self
Ariella Ben Abraham
Self
Ellynoy Baron
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Perri Peltz
Writers: Ronan Farrow, Matthew O'Neill, Perri Peltz
Languages: English, Hebrew, Catalan
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Hebrew, Catalan.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Perri Peltz, shot by Matthew O'Neill. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mac Quayle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Meneses shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Ronan Farrow and David Remnick and Claudiu Dan Gheorghe carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Your phone is a spy.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Perri Peltz directs. Matthew O'Neill behind the camera. Mac Quayle scores. David Meneses cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Hebrew, Catalan.

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1Tight 60-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Hebrew, Catalan.
4Directed by Perri Peltz, shot by Matthew O'Neill. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mac Quayle. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor David Meneses shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ronan Farrow and David Remnick and Claudiu Dan Gheorghe carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Your phone is a spy.".
9IMDB entry: tt33813121 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 27 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 8 themes, including "israel", "high tech surveillance", "surveillance", "information technology".