CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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The Look of Silence posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2014 1h 43m DNK

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Joshua Oppenheimer

Himself (voice) (as Josh)