The screenplay is written by Adler and adapted from the Israeli best-seller “The English Teacher,” written by former Israeli intelligence officer Yiftach Reicher Atir, culled from the real-life stories of Mossad operatives.
In The Operative, Rachel (Kruger), a rogue spy from Israel’s feared national intelligence force Mossad, vanishes without a trace while attending her father’s funeral in London.
Israeli writer/director Adler is known for the film Bethlehem, which won the Fedeora Award for Best Picture at the Venice Film Festival, as well as six Israeli Academy Awards.
It was also the Israeli entry for Best Foreign Language Film at this year’s Academy Awards.