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Winter Visitor (2008)

Winter Visitor poster
Original title
Visitante de invierno
Directed by
Sergio Esquenazi
Genre
horror film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man living in a remote winter cabin faces strange occurrences that disturb his isolation. He must confront an unknown presence that threatens his survival.

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What happens

Winter Visitor (Visitante de Invierno) is a 2008 Argentine, Spanish film, written and directed by Sergio Esquenazi. It is probably the most important Argentine horror film of the last 30 years, since it was the first Argentine horror film in two decades to be supported by INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) and therefore the first Argentine horror film to premiere in the country in 20 years, which opened the doors to directors and producers of the genre which up to that time were condemned to an under circuit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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