Political Thriller An Acceptable Loss Starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Tika Sumpter To Have World Premiere at Chicago Int’l Film Fest.Posted by Wilson Morales
September 18, 2018
Making its World Premiere at the 54th Chicago International Film Festival is the political thriller An Acceptable Loss, written and directed by Joe Chappelle and starring Tika Sumpter and Jamie Lee Curtis.
The Festival will take place October 10 through 21 at AMC River East, 322 E. Illinois St.
When former U.S. security adviser Elizabeth ‘Libby’ Lamm (Tika Sumpter) leaves public service to take a position as a university lecturer, the sins from her past come back to haunt her. U.S. President Rachel Burke (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her Chief of Staff Adrian (Jeff Hephner) pressure Lamm to remain loyal to their administration, even as mysterious student Martin (Ben Tavassoli) begins stalking her. This quartet converges as Libby seeks redemption, Rachel and Adrian seek compliance and Martin seeks the truth. This political thriller from Chicago writer-director Chappelle (The Wire) is an entertaining mix of Scandal and All the President’s Men.
Also included in the cast are Alysia Reiner, Jeff Hephner, Deana Dunagan, Clarke Peters, David Eigenberg, Jeff Hephner, Rex Linn, and Alex Weismann.
Dunagan portrays a shrewd, no-nonsense professor who invites controversy onto her prestigious college campus by welcoming a guest speaker with a checkered and widely scrutinized past. Reiner plays an honest, pragmatic cabinet member, Peters is the editor of a local newspaper with a diminishing audience.
Writer/director Joe Chappelle, represented by ESA, has worked in film and television for more than 20 years, most recently producing/directing acclaimed episodic content including Chicago Fire, Fringe, CSI: Miami and The Wire.
