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Pawn Shop Chronicles (2013)
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The stories of a missing wife, a couple of meth heads and an Elvis impersonator are connected by the items found in a small town's pawn shop.
Style:
talky, humorous, semi serious, funny, atmospheric, dark, perverse, realistic, cynical, offbeat ...
Plot:
crime gone awry, dark humor, disorder, vigilantism, small town, abduction, missing person, kidnapping, rivalry, track down, artists and showbiz, obsessive quest, love, pawnshop, female nudity, graphic violence, escapades, vengeance, store, sexual content, white trash, performer's life, nude, nothing goes right, revenge ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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