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Essential Killing is a 2010 Polish survival political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. Gallo stars as an Islamic insurgent who finds himself fighting for survival in a frozen woodland, pursued by soldiers.
Oct 22, 2010 · You've rarely seen a movie like Jerzy Skolimowski's "Essential Killing". Vincent Gallo (of "Buffalo '66") plays an escaped POW from Afghanistan who roams the European countryside in midwinter hoping to be able to survive in this unfamiliar setting.
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- Action, Thriller, War
- Jerzy Skolimowski
- 2010-10-22
Aug 29, 2011 · In an award-winning performance (Best Actor- Venice Film Festival), Vincent Gallo plays Mohammed, a Taliban fighter captured by the US military in Afghanistan after a violent desert attack goes...
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Nov 17, 2010 · With "Essential Killing," Skolimowski comes closer than ever before to a pure, elemental story. At Venice he declined to spell out its parable, if any, and Vincent Gallo didn't attend.
Driven by a uniquely stark mood and propulsive direction, Essential Killing excels due to an unrelentingly visceral performance from Vincent Gallo. Read Critics Reviews Critics Reviews
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- Jerzy Skolimowski
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- Vincent Gallo
Oct 14, 2010 · October 14, 2010 10:11pm. VENICE — Polish filmmaker Jerzy Skolimowski, an icon of 1960s and ’70s filmmaking, follows his recent “Four Nights With Anna” with “Essential Killing,” an admirably...
A Taliban member who lives in Afghanistan is taken captive by the Americans after killing an American soldier and two contractors. He is transferred to Europe for interrogation but manages to escape from his captors and becomes an escaped convict on a continent he does not know.
