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Thousand Cuts

2017 · 90 min

A taut, grim home-invasion thriller that keeps you tense and uneasy from the first act to the last.

Overview: Omar Petit would be able to live a perfectly happy life with his wife and daughter if it weren’t for a number of farmers from the vineyard who have decided to make life miserable for them because of where Omar comes from. One night, one of them happens to be in the middle of sabotaging their vineyard when he witnesses the murder of three South American drug smugglers. The killer, an injured biker who’s nevertheless as hard as nails, must take refuge on the Petits’ farm and takes the family hostage...

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
violence
isolation
crime
family
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: thriller, crime
Directed by: Eric Valette
Written by: Hervé Albertazzi
Starring: Tomer Sisley, Terence Yin Chi-wai, Erika Sainte, Pascal Greggory, Carlos Cabra, Stéphane Debac, Cédric Ido, Jean-Jacques Lelté
Music: Mike Theiss, Christophe Boulanger
Cinematography: Jean-François Hensgens
Runtime: 90 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: English, French

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