Cinema Australia's video: The Correspondent Trailer

Here's the trailer for the highly anticipated Australian film The Correspondent, starring Richard Roxburgh. Based on the incredible true story of Australian war correspondent Peter Greste’s arrest and imprisonment in Egypt in 2013, the film will be released in Australian cinemas on 26th December 2024. The Correspondent is a gripping biographical thriller about the relentless defence of the truth and triumph of the human spirit. While covering the news desk in Cairo over the Christmas holidays, Australian journalist Peter Greste is arrested and accused of terrorism. He has become a pawn in the middle of a deadly game full of corrupt officials and ancient rivalries. Now the subject of his own worldwide news story, with only his wits and unlikely allies keeping him alive, Greste’s freedom and his very survival means staring down a brutal regime. The Correspondent is directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog) and produced by Carmel Travers with a screenplay by Peter Duncan based on Peter Greste’s memoir The First Casualty. Richard Roxburgh, as Peter Greste, is joined onscreen by Rahel Romahn, Julian Maroun, Mojean Aria, Fayssal Bazzi, and Yael Stone with John Bell and Anna Volska as Lois and Juris Greste, Peter’s parents.