Advocate, The2013

Director
Tamas Harangi

Acters

Sachin Mehta (Ray Shekar)
Kristina Klebe (Allyson Dougherty)
Steffinnie Phrommany (Julia)
Michael Raynor (Detective Perkins)
Marc Cardiff (William)
Dalia Phillips (Detective Teller)

A grieving defense attorney gets caught in a twisted game of who-done-it when he takes on the case of a beautiful socialite who is accused of murder.
The Advocate is a legal thriller about grief, ambition and the quest for absolute justice. Meet Ray Shekar, a defense attorney with a spotless acquittal record that keeps him mired in the trenches of criminal law despite his repeated efforts to leave. When Ray is approached by Allyson Daugherty, a socialite accused of murdering her husband, Ray’s ambition and curiosity prompts him to sign on as her defense counsel as a means to uncovering the truth about her guilt or innocence. Soon Ray finds himself in the middle of a twisted who-done-it where he must keep one step ahead of a persistent police detective, who begins to suspect a secret behind Ray’s success and sees the Daugherty case as an opportunity to settle an old score.
With its mystery plot, ’The Advocate’ explores the murky waters of the justice system and the people who make it their calling to navigate it. In the deeply flawed, yet never surpassed tradition of ’innocent until proven guilty’, getting away with a crime can be murder.
„A gripping legal thriller“ – Examiner.com
„Incredibly entertaining… a home run.“ – Film Threat
„Tamas Harangi has written a fine screenplay and directed a well crafted, thoughtful thriller that doesn’t presume anything but builds carefully until it delivers its revelation at the end. If you like a seamless mix of courtroom drama and legal thriller with twists that continually surprise, you will enjoy ’The Advocate’.“ – BC Blogcritics