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2011 · 101 min Drama Thriller
5.6 / 10 · TMDB

François van Heerden, a mid-40s Afrikaans family man, has become devoid of any care or concern for his own measure of happiness, and so convinced of his ill-fated existence, that he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean, controlled life.

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Original Title Skoonheid
Year 2011
Country France, Germany, South Africa
Genre Drama, Thriller
Director Oliver Hermanus
Runtime 101 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.6/10 (35 votes)

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The film constructs its thriller elements not from plot, but from the meticulous erosion of a man's repressed self. It relies on Deon Lotz's profoundly internal performance and a clinical, unsettling visual style to explore violent longing and social hypocrisy.

What lingers after viewing is the chilling precision of the collapse, a study of obsession that offers no catharsis, only the aftershock of witnessed devastation. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Oliver Hermanus

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Watch alone, undisturbed, to fully absorb its oppressive silence and slow-burn tension.

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