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Swathanthryam Ardharathriyil (2018)
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Original name: സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യം അര്ദ്ധരാത്രിയില്
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Jacob, a manager at a big financial firm, finds himself behind bars when he tries to save the woman he loves from being involved in a criminal case. The only way for him to survive and to escape was to break out of prison. How he plans and executes the prison break forms the crux of the movie.
Style:
tense, suspense, crime thriller, fast paced, twisted
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison escape, escape plan, prison break, wrongful imprisonment, urban, male protagonist, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity, revenge, family drama, police officer, robbery, tunnel, jail cell, escape, malayalam
Time:
contemporary
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