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Scorched Earth

Markela Kontaratou · Greece · Film Noir / Thriller / Crime · 16 min · 54K views

Directed by Shiraz Fradi · Starring Hiba Abouk, Yacine Blaïech · 2014

Sweltering in a summer heatwave, stuck on her thesis and surrounded by feuding neighbors, Stela witnesses a terrible crime.

A sweaty, simmering noir where ordinary summer frustration curdles into dread.

In between the insufferable summer heat, a thesis that won’t write itself, and her loud neighbors’ quarrels, Stela witnesses a terrible crime.

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