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The Quarry (1998)

The Quarry poster
Directed by
Marion Hänsel
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
France, Netherlands, Belgium
Runtime
1h 52m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man traveling through a remote African landscape becomes entangled in a murder investigation. He takes on a false identity to escape his past.

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What happens

The Quarry (French: La faille) is a 1998 mystery drama film written and directed by Marion Hänsel, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Damon Galgut. It jointly won Grand Prix des Amériques, the main prize at the Montreal World Film Festival ex aequo with Full Moon. It was a co-production between Belgium, France, the Netherlands and Spain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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