<p><b>''Wonderful'' <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous ''theatre of the real''. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to trap and kill a Palestinian terrorist, it threatens to consume her.<br><br>Set in the tragic arena of the Middle East conflict, this compelling story of love and torn loyalties plays out against the backdrop of an unwinnable war. <br><br>''<i>The Little Drummer Girl</i> is about spies as <i>Madame Bovary</i> is about adultery or <i>Crime and Punishment</i> about crime'' <i>The New York Times</i></p>