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The Collector (2002)

The Collector poster
Original title
Le Collectionneur
Directed by
Jean Beaudin
Genre
thriller film
Country
Canada
Runtime
2h 05m
Rated
A
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 21 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A police detective hunts a serial killer while caring for two homeless teenagers including a 16 year old hustler and a 12 year old runaway.

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What happens

The Collector (French: Le Collectionneur) is a Canadian thriller film, released in 2002. Written and directed by Jean Beaudin based on the crime novel of the same name by Chrystine Brouillet, the film stars Maude Guérin as Maude Graham, a police detective trying to track down a serial killer (Luc Picard) while simultaneously sheltering two homeless teenagers, a 16 year old hustler (Lawrence Arcouette) and a 12 year old runaway (Charles-André Bourassa). The film garnered several Genie Award and Jutra Award nominations in 2003. Picard won the Jutra for Best Supporting Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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