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Elephant
Why this pick
Its detached, day-in-the-life structure and unadorned camera create a similarly chilling sense of ordinary isolation moving toward catastrophe.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Nitram lives with his parents in suburban Australia in the mid-90s. He lives a life of isolation and frustration at never fitting in. As his anger grows, he begins a slow descent into a nightmare that culminates in the most heinous of acts.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Caleb Landry Jones
Nitram
Judy Davis
Mum
Anthony LaPaglia
Dad
Sean Keenan
Jamie
Essie Davis
Helen
Lucy-Rose Leonard
Girl In The Bar
Annabel Marshall-Roth
Real Estate Agent