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The Hounds (2012)
Director: Manuel Schapira
Cast: Abraham Belaga, Nicolas Maury, Cédric Ido, Sigrid Bouaziz
Runtime14 min
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Friends Franck, Hugo and Philippe attend a housewarming party in a Parisian apartment. At the door, two uninvited men try talking their way inside. The tension escalates.
Critical Reception & Ratings
The Hounds (2012) is a French thriller directed by Manuel Schapira that has received mixed reviews from critics. While some have praised the film's tense and unsettling atmosphere, others have found the pacing and character development to be lacking. The film has not received any major awards recognition, and its audience reception is relatively modest, with a 6.0/10 rating on IMDb.
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The Hounds from 2012, directed by Manuel Schapira, is a tightly-wound thriller that builds tension through the gripping performances of its leads like Abraham Belaga and Sigrid Bouaziz. Fans of slow-burn character studies and films that explore the friction between social classes will find this a compelling and distinctive take on the home invasion genre.
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The Hounds were a nativist or anti-foreigner gang of San Francisco which specifically targeted recently arrived immigrants, particularly Chileans and other Hispanic Americans, during the California Gold Rush of 1849. They were West Coast counterparts of New York's Bowery Boys,
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