Affairs of State

About Affairs of State

A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail.

Affairs of State is a 2018 romance thriller film directed by Eric Bross. The film is filed under daughter, blackmail, the white house, and senator.

David Corenswet stars as Michael Lawson, David James Elliott as Senator John Boland Baines, Thora Birch as Callie Roland, and Mimi Rogers as Judith Baines. Released in June 2018, it runs 98 minutes.

The screenplay is by Tom Cudworth. It streams on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel in the United States.

Absolute Power, The Sentinel, and The Godfather Part II make useful companions to Affairs of State. It carries a R rating.