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Mood:
- SuspensefulRough
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Plot:
- Criminal HeroesGangstersDrug DealingGoing StraightFriendshipDrug AbuseKidnappingCrimes more...
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Genres:
- IndependentActionCrimeDramaThriller
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- New YorkUSASchoolUrban
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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Style:
- Talky
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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R-Xmas, 2001
English, Spanish
USA, France
Profile of R-Xmas
R-Xmas can be described as suspenseful and rough. The plot revolves around going straight, drug abuse, and drug dealing. The main genres are independent, drama, and thriller. In terms of style, R-Xmas is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, at a school and in an urban environment. R-Xmas is located in New York. It takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of R-Xmas
An idilic Christmas is about to be shattered by a bitter drug-related feud in upper-Manhattan. A family enjoy the festive season, safe in their picturesque apartment funded entirely by drug-money. The fun soon turns to fear when the husband is kidnapped and held to ransom. The kidnapper demands drugs and money, and the husband has the connections to meet the demands. The festive season, combined with a drug-drought in the city causes problems, and to make matters worse the wife of the family is starting to have doubts over the authenticity of her husband's abduction. This is a taut, tense thriller directed by Abel Ferrara (BAD LIEUTENANT).
Details
| Language: | English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA, France |
| Release date: | 5 October 2001 |
| Runtime: | 85 min |
Cast and Crew
as The Kidnapper
as The Wife
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