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The Payback

2006 · 90 min

A cold, slow-burning clash of wills that keeps you uneasy and watching closely.

Directed by
Olivier Bonas
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Fionnula Flanagan, Sergey Gubanov, Kate Miles
Overview
Jeremy Northam portrays a real estate tycoon, while Fionnula Flanagan plays the matriarch of the Lazarov family, in this psychological thriller.

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  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Olivier Bonas
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Fionnula Flanagan, Sergey Gubanov, Kate Miles
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • family
  • betrayal
  • greed
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Olivier Bonas
Written by
Olivier Bonas
Starring
Fionnula Flanagan, Sergey Gubanov, Kate Miles, Jeremy Northam, Tatyana Yakovenko, Dorothea Myer-Bennett, Boris Berman, Kirill Filatov
Runtime
90 min
Country
Russia, United Kingdom

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