• Source: The Listening (film)

      • The Listening (Italian: In ascolto) is a 2006 Italian crime drama film directed by Giacomo Martelli in his debut. The film is based on the mass surveillance operations conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA) with the aid of private corporations, and explores the dire consequences that can arise due to excessive corporate influence on a government agency set up for mass surveillance.


      Plot


      In the late 1990s, the National Security Agency (NSA) and a computer software firm, Wendell Crenshaw work together to implement a surveillance technology, the Echelon, which enables NSA to monitor almost anybody in the world. When classified information about the Echelon system accidentally finds its way into a young woman's hands, a terrible clash occurs in the opinions of a top-executive at Wendell Crenshaw and an NSA operative, the former determined to find out what the lady knows even if it means using violence and the latter, equally determined to save an innocent woman's life.


      ECHELON


      Making a film specifically on ECHELON offered the possibility of exploring the issues of interception, violation of privacy, and the interference of corporate interests in matters of national as well as international security simultaneously.


      Cast and Crew


      Michael Parks : James Wagley
      Maya Sansa : Francesca Savelli
      Andrea Tidona : Gianni Longardo
      James Parks : Anthony Ashe
      Matt Patresi : Guglia Graef
      Bruce McGuire : Phil Kovacs
      Vincent Riotta : Frank Vaughan
      Terence Beesley : John Strobel
      Carla Cassola : Tina Longardo
      Giulia Bernardini : Katherine Palmer
      Marc Fiorini : Lehmann
      Adam O'Neill : Louis Perry


      Awards


      Taormina International Film Festival 2006
      Best Story - Giacomo Martelli
      Viareggio EuropaCinema
      Best Actress - Maya Sansa


      See also


      List of films featuring surveillance


      References




      External links


      The Listening at IMDb

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