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By Accident (2015)
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Original name: Par accident
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
One evening, Amra, a young Algerian living in France, accidentally runs over a pedestrian. Riddled with guilt and the certainty that she will lose her French identity papers, Amra is miraculously proved innocent by Angélique, a beautiful redhead who is as open and without any hang-ups as Amra is unsociable and introverted. The two young women become friends, but then Angélique's attitude becomes increasingly strange, indeed, even troubling...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful
Plot:
hit and run, car accident, female protagonist, guilt, female friendship, deception, manipulation, immigration, moral dilemma, dark secret, identity, moral ambiguity, dangerous friend, loneliness, betrayal, urban, femme fatale, illegal immigrant, hospital, social realism, intimate, dancing, lawyer, investigation, murder ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
france
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Duration: 88 min.
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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