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Black & White

1999 · 97 min

A slow-burning, paranoid thriller that keeps you guessing about trust and guilt, with a gritty urban atmosphere.

Directed by
Yuri Zeltser
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Tagline
If you can't trust your partner, who can you trust?
Overview
Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is loose, and all the victims are low-life guys whom Nora has dealt with. So, when the tire tracks of a police car are found at a murder scene, she's the prime suspect of internal affairs investigator Simon Hertzel...

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Directed by
Yuri Zeltser
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • mystery
  • deception
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Action4
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama, mystery, thriller
Directed by
Yuri Zeltser
Written by
Leon Zeltser, Yuri Zeltser
Starring
Rory Cochrane, Gina Gershon, Ron Silver, Alison Eastwood, Ross Partridge, James Handy, Carl Anthony Payne II, Ashley Tucker
Music
Amotz Plessner
Cinematography
Phil Parmet
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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