The Counselor
The Counselor (known as The Counsellor in countries that use British English) is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy. It stars Michael Fassbender as the eponymous Counselor as well as Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. The film deals with themes such as greed, mortality, love, and trust in the context of the Mexican drug trade. The extremely violent and bloodthirsty activities of drug cartels are depicted as the Counselor, a high-level lawyer, gets involved in a drug deal around the troubled Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Texas border area.
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| Directed by | Ridley Scott |
| Written by | Cormac McCarthy |
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| Cinematography | Dariusz Wolski |
| Edited by | Pietro Scalia |
| Music by | Daniel Pemberton |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $71 million |
The Counselor was chosen as the closing film at the 2013 Morelia Film Festival and also played the Cork Film Festival. The film was theatrically released on October 25, 2013 and is dedicated to Scott's brother, Tony Scott, who died in 2012. It received mixed reviews and grossed $71 million worldwide against a budget of $25 million.