

Hidden Agenda
Every government has one.
In Ireland, American lawyer Ingrid Jessner and her activist partner, Paul Sullivan, struggle to uncover atrocities committed by the British government against the Northern Irish during the "Troubles." But when Sullivan is assassinated in the streets, Jessner teams up with Peter Kerrigan, a British investigator acting against the will of his own government, and struggles to uncover a conspiracy that may even implicate one of Kerrigan's colleagues.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $1.2M
- Language
- English
- politics
- northern ireland
- cover-up
- torture
- terrorism
- ira (irish republican army)
- parade
- irish easter rebellion (1916)
- belfast, north ireland
- thatcherism
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR21 Nov 1990
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical11 Jan 1991
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival16 May 1990
- TheatricalTP28 Aug 1991
GermanyDE
- Physical1620 Jan 2022
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical125 Apr 1991
SpainES
- Theatrical129 Jan 1992
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Hidden Agenda was released on 21 November 1990.
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CinemaSerf
7/27/2026
I think that with the possible expection of "Kes" (1969), I was always put off Ken Loach's films because of his so overtly self-indulging political agenda. This one also allows him to have a go at the British establishment too, as it bathes in the fertile waters of Irish political discord and by the end of it I wasn't quite sure if anyone's agenda was very well hidden. It all centres around the killing of an American…
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