Closed Circuit (2013)
Jim Broadbent: Attorney General
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Quotes
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Attorney General : Look, Martin, I can imagine what you're thinking. How this looks to you.
Martin Rose : I've made no allegation.
Attorney General : But if we accept that they - that someone... Then we have to accept all sort of things which are simply unacceptable. And I will not accept that.
Martin Rose : You really know how to clarify a situation, don't you?
Attorney General : I'm not even here.
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Attorney General : [to Martin Rose, insinuatingly] A calamity for justice, of course. Now, we can fret about it, become indignant, write an angry letter to the newspapers or our Members of Parliament. Won't make any difference.
[Silent scenes showing Farroukh Erdogan in jail cell being strangled with a wire by MI5 agent]
Attorney General : Emir's evidence is being heard in closed session, and that is where it will remain. It will be presented in accordance with the law, then the evidence will be placed in a box. The box will then be closed, and it will never be opened again.
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Attorney General : [subtly threatening Martin Rose] And perhaps that weakness is the very reason you were chosen for this job.