An Egyptian-born American is abducted by the CIA and flown to another country to be subjected to brutal interrogation as a suspected terrorist. His pregnant wife battles to bring the truth about his secret detention to light, while a CIA agent faces a crisis of conscience as he witnesses the torture. Political thriller, starring Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin and Peter Sarsgaard.

When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.