Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- witty
- taut
- paranoid
- mystery night
- book club viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film clever, entertaining, and taut, with intricate plotting and strong performances despite its extravagant construction.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Nine translators are confined in a luxurious bunker, turning the manuscript leak into an enclosed-group investigation.
The publisher controls access to a bestselling trilogy's final book and uses confinement to protect its commercial value.
The protagonists are international translators whose professional identities and relationships shape the mystery.
The film contrasts a lavish, secure bunker with paranoia, surveillance, and increasingly threatening revelations.
Films like The Translators, and why
The Name of the Rose
intricately plotted literary mystery, shifting suspicion, and playful puzzle-box suspense
Identity
ensemble whodunit structure, enclosed setting, and escalating suspicion among deceptive characters
Sleuth
clever mystery construction, theatrical misdirection, and a central contest of intellect
Movie Details
- Director
- Régis Roinsard
- Release Date
- 2019-12-20
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (570)
Cast
- Olga Kurylenko
- Lambert Wilson
- Manolis Mavromatakis
- Sidse Babett Knudsen
- Alex Lawther
- Riccardo Scamarcio
- Sara Giraudeau
- Eduardo Noriega
- Anna Maria Sturm
- Maria Leite
Common questions
- What is The Translators about?
- Nine elite translators become suspects in a locked-down literary heist when pages from a secret bestseller leak online.
- What is The Translators like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Translators as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Translators violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Translators.
- What did critics think of The Translators?
- Critics broadly found the film clever, entertaining, and taut, with intricate plotting and strong performances despite its extravagant construction.
- Which films are like The Translators?
- Films with a similar feel include The Name of the Rose, Identity, and Sleuth.
- How long is The Translators?
- The Translators runs 105 minutes.
