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Cut Snake (2014)

Cut Snake poster
Directed by
Tony Ayres
Genre
thriller film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s Australia, a young man builds a new life for himself until a figure from his violent past reappears and threatens to tear everything apart.

tenseunsettlingbleakslow-burnclaustrophobicanxiousdarkemotionally intense

What happens

Cut Snake is a 2014 Australian thriller film written by Blake Ayshford and directed by Tony Ayres. The title comes from the Australian idiom "mad as a cut snake" which describes either insanity or anger so extreme you don't want to get near it. The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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