“The Sound of My Voice” creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij worked as the team again – this time at the espionage thriller “The East”. The plot focuses on the young operative Sarah Moss (Brit Marling) hired by a top-notch agency for the infiltration to a secret eco-environmental terrorist group of young adults calling themselves as “The East”.

Being led by charismatic Benji (Alexander Skarsgard), the group lives in the woods in a small cabin where all members eat, sleep and operate as one team over the punishments for corporate bosses responsible for the largest eco-disasters in the USA. As Skarsgard says, very soon Benji falls in love with Sarah and the spy begins to follow the simple philosophy of “an eye for an eye” that he preaches.

The inspiration for the movie was found in expected places – from the realistic movements of Freegans (who live by scourging for dumpster foods) and radical groups like Anonymous and the Weather Underground.

“The movie raises a bunch of morality questions” – says Ellen Paige (Izzy, the most depressive and fanatic member of the group). “Where will you draw the line between the punishment and terror and what/who are you willing to sacrifice to fight for your philosophy?”

“The East” is like a complicated eco-puzzle you are eager to solve but no one will give you guarantees that you’ll like the answers.

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