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The Beneficiary (1997)

The Beneficiary poster
Directed by
Marc Bienstock
Genre
thriller, drama
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 37m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets involved in a criminal scheme that goes wrong. He must navigate betrayal and danger as the situation spirals out of his control.

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What happens

The Beneficiary is a 1997 Australian crime thriller short film directed by Graeme Burfoot. The film was aired at several international film festivals, such as the Torino Film Festival, the Cork Film Festival, the Tampere International Short Film Festival, the Hamburg Short Film Festival, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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