---
title: 'The Counselor (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ridley Scott'
released: '2013-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-counselor-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2193215/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Counselor (2013)

2013 · 117 min · Drama, Crime, Thriller · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Counselor is a 2013 crime thriller film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Cormac McCarthy. It stars Michael Fassbender as the eponymous Counselor as well as Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, and Brad Pitt. The extremely violent and bloodthirsty activities of drug cartels are depicted as the Counselor, a high-level lawyer, gets involved in a drug deal around the troubled Ciudad Juarez, Mexico/Texas border area.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott)
- **Producer:** [Ridley Scott](https://cinepixo.com/people/ridley-scott), [Nick Wechsler](https://cinepixo.com/people/nick-wechsler-2)
- **Screenplay:** [Cormac McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/cormac-mccarthy)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Daniel Pemberton](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-pemberton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Dariusz Wolski](https://cinepixo.com/people/dariusz-wolski)
- **Editor:** [Pietro Scalia](https://cinepixo.com/people/pietro-scalia)

## Cast

- [John Leguizamo](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-leguizamo)
- [Richard Cabral](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-cabral)
- [Natalie Dormer](https://cinepixo.com/people/natalie-dormer)
- [Penélope Cruz](https://cinepixo.com/people/penelope-cruz)
- [Rosie Perez](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosie-perez)
- [Édgar Ramírez](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-ramirez)
- [Emma Rigby](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-rigby)
- [Dean Norris](https://cinepixo.com/people/dean-norris)
- [Brad Pitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/brad-pitt)
- [Andrea Deck](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrea-deck)
- [Cameron Diaz](https://cinepixo.com/people/cameron-diaz)
- [Toby Kebbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-kebbell)
- [Velibor Topic](https://cinepixo.com/people/velibor-topic)
- [Giannina Facio](https://cinepixo.com/people/giannina-facio)
- [Rubén Blades](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-blades)

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