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Four Corners (2013)

Four Corners poster
Directed by
Ian Gabriel
Genre
drama film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 59m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young boy gets caught up in gang violence in Cape Town. He struggles to reconnect with his estranged family.

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What happens

Four Corners is a 2013 South African coming of age crime drama film about family lost and regained, directed by Ian Gabriel. The film was selected as the official South African Submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated for an award. It did, however, win Best Narrative Feature at the Santa Fe Independent Film Festival in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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