# Lire et détruire (2008)

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**Original title**: *Burn After Reading*
**Runtime**: 96 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama
**Directed by**: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
**Written by**: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
**Starring**: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Richard Jenkins

> *Intelligence is relative.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

It figures that spies and gym rats would collide in a mess. A former CIA analyst's memoirs fall into the wrong hands. Chaos predictably ensues with hilarious results.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, playful, unhinged

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.0/10 (373860 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 78% · Metacritic 63/100

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