MUMBAI: PVR Pictures will release The Whistleblower on 21 October.

The film that stars Academy-award winning actress Rachel Weisz has been directed by Larysa Kondracki.

Weisz plays the character of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.

The Whistleblower premiered at the 2010 edition of the Toronto Film Festival. It was nominated for the Directors Guild of Canada award and won the Audience award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival 2011.