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About 2015 film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Genres drama, Western, biographical, thriller, survival
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu
Written by Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mark L. Smith
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Lukas Haas, Paul Anderson, Javier Botet, Brendan Fletcher
Music Ryuichi Sakamoto, Alva Noto
Runtime 157 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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