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Genres:
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Drama /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Jamie Thraves
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Actors:
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Julia Stiles,
Krista Bridges,
Charlotte Sullivan,
R.D. Reid,
Dru Viergever,
Phillip MacKenzie,
Gord Rand,
James Gilbert,
Marcia Laskowski,
Robbie Campbell,
Jennifer Kydd,
Paddy Considine,
Karl Pruner,
Caroline Dhavernas,
Alex Karzis
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Duration:
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100 min.
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Rating:
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(6.3/10)151
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Plot Summary:
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Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr Ripley), a youthful bit of fluff becomes inexplicably attracted to a restrain who is stalking her. When her boyfriend goes missing, the stalker is the next suspect, until a game of jealousy and divulgence turns lethal.
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Cry of the Owl
Richard used to be just a normal guy. Then he became a stalker. Exquisitely told murder mystery from the master of the French New Wave, Claude Chabrol
An icy, understated and ironic adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel 'The Cry Of The Owl' by veteran French New Wave director Claude Chabrol (Le Boucher, Madame Bovary). The action is switched from USA to the French countryside, but retains the backdrop of a seemingly normal suburb hiding dark secrets, as in Blue Velvet.
Robert (Malavoy) is a dapper depressive who has moved to Vichy from Paris to escape his psychopathic wife. Unable to form a new relationship, he finds himself spying on a young woman (May) from afar - until she discovers him and finds herself unusually drawn to his atte...
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