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- thriller film directed by Nour Wazzi and starring

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Plot

Held captive by a circus in 1950s

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, Malu is frantically rescued from her shackles by her husband. As she waits anxiously in the darkness for her chance to escape, a disturbing truth she's hidden away seeps back into her consciousness.

Cast

as Malu *

as Jesse

Reception

One reviewer said of the film, "Although I never really understood what she was running away from the glossy almost fantasy like cinematography kept me watching until the very end."

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* 2012 films 2012 thriller films British thriller films British drama short films 2012 short films 2012 drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films English-language short films English-language thriller films British thriller short films {{2010s-thriller-film-stub