'The Vigil': To Believe or Not to Believe?
If you mix religious rituals with dark mythology, the result will be effective, and the story powerful in 90% of the cases. That is exactly what happens at the beginning of The Vigil.
In Absentia
Lucas is a young man who dreams of going to Brazil and starting his life a new. His troublemaker friend Robert persuades him to go see a girl named Karina. Karina has a plan of how they can make their dreams come true. It involves a robbery at an old lady's apartment. Lucas soon falls deeply in love with Karina much to the dismay of Robert, but there is something she hasn't mentioned which will have terrible consequences for all three of them.
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Lucas is a young man who dreams of going to Brazil and starting his life a new. His troublemaker friend Robert persuades him to go see a girl named Karina. Karina has a plan of how they can make their dreams come true. It involves a robbery at an old lady's apartment. Lucas soon falls deeply in love with Karina much to the dismay of Robert, but there is something she hasn't mentioned which will have terrible consequences for all three of them.
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Genre:Drama, Romance, Thriller
Written By:David Metz
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Runtime:42 minutes
Studio:Filmværkstedet, Zentropa Entertainments
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