The Interpreter (filmed partly in the UN!) Opens...

Kidman's latest film takes centre stage in Sydney

Nicole Kidman's latest film The Interpreter is making its world premiere in Sydney tonight.

The political thriller explores the inner workings of the United Nations and in a cinema first, permission was given to shoot inside the General Assembly.

Academy-award winner Nicole Kidman, who plays the role of a UN interpreter in the film, was the star attraction for the 1,200 guests attending the premiere.

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council, gave permission for the filming to help demystify the workings of the General Assembly.

Veteran director Sydney Pollack made the pitch to the UN personally.

"I didn't try to make a piece of propaganda for the United Nations, because that's not my job," he said.

"My job is to make a thriller."

The story centres on Kidman's character Sylvia Broome, an interpreter of an obscure African dialect who becomes caught up in an assassination plot.

FBI agent Tobin Keller (Sean Penn) is assigned to protect Broome after she overhears the assassination plot.

The film opens to the public next week.

from: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1338025.htm