Burn After Reading is a comedy film written and directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen (No Country for old men) in which two employees of a fitness center located a CD forgotten by a customer who, in turn, is an agent of the CIA and trying to blackmail.
The analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich) arrives at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for an ultrasecret meeting.
Unfortunately for him, the secret soon come to light: he had fired.
Cox does not fit very well the news and returned to his home in Georgetown, Washington DC, to surrender to the writing of his memoirs and drink. His wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) is dismayed, though not very surprised.
She already had an affair with Harry Pfarrer (George Clooney), a federal agent married, and start making plans to leave Cox.
In a neighborhood on the outskirts of the capital, Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand), an employee of Hardbodies Fitness Centers, has trouble concentrating at work.
Just thinking about an expected full body plastic and she decides to trust her plan to Chad (Brad Pitt).
When a disc from the memoirs of CIA analyst arrives accidentally at the hands of Linda and Chad, they decide to take advantage of this chance.
The events are precipitated in a series of dark and hilarious situations.
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