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Earth and Blood

2020 · 80 min

A taut, grim siege thriller that pins you in a remote sawmill and rarely lets you breathe.

Directed by
Julien Leclercq
Genres
Action, Thriller
Starring
Sami Bouajila, Ériq Ebouaney, Samy Seghir
Overview
A sawmill owner and his teenage daughter become tangled in a deadly feud when a drug dealer stashes stolen cocaine on their remote property.

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Stream in the UK
  • Netflix
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Julien Leclercq
Genres
Action, Thriller
Starring
Sami Bouajila, Ériq Ebouaney, Samy Seghir
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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • violence
  • crime
  • grief
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror3
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, thriller
Directed by
Julien Leclercq
Written by
Matthieu Serveau, Julien Leclercq, Jérémie Guez
Starring
Sami Bouajila, Ériq Ebouaney, Samy Seghir, Sofia Lesaffre, Redouanne Harjane, Eric Kabongo, Oumar Diolo, Anis Benbatoul
Music
François Roy, Jean-Jacques Hertz
Cinematography
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Runtime
80 min
Country
Belgium, France
Languages
French

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