Synopsis
Director: James Jones
Producer: James Jones
U.K., 89 min
What is the cost of speaking truth to power? In Putin’s Russia, it could mean your life. This immersive docu-thriller follows Christo Grozev, lead researcher at the investigative journalism group Bellingcat, who famously identified those who poisoned Alexei Navalny. But now it’s Grozev who is in Putin’s crosshairs. While working on an exposé about Russia's poison program and helping to exfiltrate a key Russian whistleblower, Grozev learns that he and his family’s lives are at risk. “Like a propulsive thriller, director James Jones’ galvanizing documentary moves at a break-neck speed chronicling its “high-stakes” (Variety), “unnerving” (The Hollywood Reporter) and “incredible” (CNN) tale about the perils of reporting on a tyrannical regime and the tremendous importance of journalism in today’s era of disinformation. While Antidote may feel like a riveting spy drama, it’s even more effective and affecting because Grozev’s story is all too real. “A rousing, feature-length call to action” (Variety).
