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Dominican Rep. Essential Killing
- Original title
- Essential Killing (The Essence of Killing)
- Year
- 2010
- Running time
- 83 min.
- Country
Poland- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Vincent Gallo
Emmanuelle Seigner
Nicolai Cleve Broch- Phillip Goss
Stig Frode Henriksen- David L. Price
- Lars Markus Verpeide Bakke
- Klaudia Kaca
- Robert Mazurkiewicz
- Dariusz Juzyszyn
- Iftach Ophir
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Mystery. Drama | Afghan War. Survival Film. Nature
- Synopsis
- An Afghanistan soldier (Vincent Gallo) is captured by US forces and sent to a Guantanamo-like detention center in an unspecified eastern European country. But he manages to escape and run into a vast, unfamiliar snow-blanketed terrain, where he must, as the title implies, do whatever it takes to survive.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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2010: Venice Film Festival: Special Jury Prize, Best Actor (Vincent Gallo), CinemAvvenire Award2010: Mar del Plata Film Festival: Best Movie, Best Actor (Vincent Gallo)2010: 4 Polish Film Awards, including Best Film and director2011: European Film Awards (EFA): nominated to Best Cinematography.
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