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Profile

2018 · 106 min

A tense, claustrophobic screenlife thriller that traps you in the protagonist's webcam view as online intimacy curdles into real-world danger.

Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams
Tagline
The connection is virtual. The danger is real.
Overview
Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

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Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Starring
Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour1
Realism8
Romance5
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Timur Bekmambetov
Written by
Timur Bekmambetov, Olga Kharina, Britt Poulton
Starring
Valene Kane, Shazad Latif, Christine Adams, Amir Rahimzadeh, Morgan Watkins, Therica Wilson-Read, Eloise Thomas, Emma Cater
Runtime
106 min
Country
Russia, United States of America
Languages
English, Arabic

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