Daniel Espinosa’s CHILD 44 Starring Tom Hardy Gets a Teaser Poster

The first poster for the upcoming thriller Child 44 has been released, which stars Tom Hardy as a Soviet secret police agent who loses everything after refusing to denounce his wife (Noomi Rapace) as a traitor. The film is directed by Daniel Espinosa (Safe House, Easy Money) and also stars Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Paddy Considine, Jason Clarke, and Vincent Cassel.

Child 44 opens in theaters April 17th, 2015.

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A politically-charged serial killer thriller set in 1953 Soviet Russia, CHILD 44 chronicles the crisis of conscience for secret police agent Leo Demidov , who loses status, power and home when he refuses to denounce his own wife, Raisa , as a traitor. Exiled from Moscow to a grim provincial outpost, Leo and Raisa join forces with General Mikhail Nesterov to track down a serial killer who preys on young boys. Their quest for justice threatens a system-wide cover-up enforced by Leo’s psychopathic rival Vasili , who insists “There is no crime in Paradise.”