The Confessions (Italian: Le confessioni; French: Les confessions) is a 2016 thriller drama film directed by Roberto Andò. It stars Toni Servillo, Connie Nielsen, Pierfrancesco Favino, Marie-Josée Croze, Moritz Bleibtreu, Lambert Wilson and Daniel Auteuil.
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Plot
A G8 meeting is being held at the luxury Grand Hotel in Heiligendamm on the Mecklenburg Baltic coast in Germany. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy.
One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk, invited by Daniel Roché, the director of the International Monetary Fund. He wants the monk to receive his confession, that night, in secret. The next morning, Roché is found dead.
Cast
Toni Servillo as Roberto Salus
Daniel Auteuil as Daniel Roché
Pierfrancesco Favino as Italian minister
Moritz Bleibtreu as Mark Klein
Connie Nielsen as Claire Seth
Marie-Josée Croze as Canadian minister
Lambert Wilson as Roché's lover
Richard Sammel as German minister
Johan Heldenbergh as Michael Wintzl
Togo Igawa as Japanese minister
Aleksei Guskov as Russian minister
Stéphane Freiss as French minister
Julian Ovenden as Matthew Price
Andy de la Tour as UK minister
Ernesto D'Argenio as Ciro the hotel waiter