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The 4th Company (2016)

The 4th Company poster
Original title
La 4ª compañía
Directed by
Mitzi Vanessa Arreola, Amir Galván Cervera
Genre
crime film
Country
Mexico
Runtime
1h 49m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man joins a prison football team run by an inmate who controls the facility. He must navigate the dangerous loyalties and violence that come with the team.

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What happens

The 4th Company (Spanish: La 4ª Compañía) is a 2016 Mexican-Spanish sports crime drama film directed by Mitzi Vanessa Arreola and Amir Galván Cervera. The film was named on the shortlist for Mexico's entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not selected. The 4th Company won the Ariel Award for Best Picture at the 59th Ariel Awards. Netflix distributed the film from 6 April 2018, but it subsequently departed the service in April 2021. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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