Essential Killing (2010)

Name: Essential Killing
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Genre: Thriller, War
Released: 2010-09-06
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price, Zach Cohen

Thriller War

Director: Jerzy Skolimowski

Cast: Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, David L. Price, Zach Cohen

Runtime84 min

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A Taliban soldier struggles to survive after he escapes his captors and flees into the Polish countryside.

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Essential Killing (2010), directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, is a critically acclaimed thriller/war film that follows a Taliban soldier's struggle to survive after escaping his captors and fleeing into the Polish countryside. The film received positive reviews from critics and won several prestigious awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival.

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Fans of unique, thoughtful thrillers will appreciate the standout performance by Vincent Gallo and director Jerzy Skolimowski's distinctive visual style in the 2010 film 'Essential Killing', which blends elements of war and survival with a gripping story of a Taliban soldier on the run in the Polish countryside.

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Essential Killing is a 2010 survival political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. Gallo stars as an Islamic insurgent who finds himself fighting for survival in a frozen woodland, pursued by soldiers.