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The Missing Person (2008)

The Missing Person poster
Directed by
Noah Buschel
Genre
drama film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
16
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective is hired to follow a man who may have been missing for years. He travels across the country, uncovering clues about the past while struggling with his own haunted history.

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What happens

The Missing Person is a 2009 American neo-noir mystery film written and directed by American independent filmmaker Noah Buschel and starring Michael Shannon and Amy Ryan. It premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. and was distributed by Strand Releasing to a limited number of theaters on November 20, 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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