The Interpreter is a 2005 political thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, and Jesper Christensen. It was the first film shot inside the United Nations Headquarters. Having inadvertently overheard an assassination plot spoken in the language of her southern African country, United Nations interpreter Silvia Bloome is put under Secret Service protection for President Zuwanie's visit. An international co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and France, the film was released in all four countries in April 2005.