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Moka (2016)

Moka poster
Directed by
Frédéric Mermoud
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Switzerland
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
12
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 88 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman whose son was killed in a hit and run tracks down the driver. She becomes obsessed with finding the person responsible for the accident.

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What happens

Moka is a 2016 Franco-Swiss drama film directed by Frédéric Mermoud and based on the novel of the same name by Tatiana de Rosnay. Starring Emmanuelle Devos and Nathalie Baye, it follows a woman searching for the driver responsible for her son’s death. The film was screened in the Piazza Grande section of the 2016 Locarno Film Festival, where it won the Variety Piazza Grande Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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