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You Were Never Really Here

2018Royaume-Uni, France, États-Unis85 min
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You Were Never Really Here (released as A Beautiful Day in France and Germany) is a 2017 neo-noir crime psychological thriller film written and directed by Lynne Ramsay. Based on the 2013 novella of the same name by Jonathan Ames, it stars Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov, Alex Manette, John Doman, and Judith Roberts. In the film, a traumatized mercenary named Joe (Phoenix) is hired by a politician to find and rescue his daughter who has been kidnapped by a human trafficking network in New York City, which Joe is instructed to destroy by any violent means. The film was co-produced between the United Kingdom and France. An early cut premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in competition, where Ramsay won the award for Best Screenplay and Phoenix the award for Best

DirectorLynne Ramsay
Genresdrame · thriller · film de vigilante · néo-noir · film ou téléfilm criminel
CountryRoyaume-Uni, France, États-Unis
Runtime85 min
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