Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
The Taste of Violence
Perez kidnaps the President's daughter to trade her for imprisoned revolutionaries.
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Perez kidnaps the President's daughter to trade her for imprisoned revolutionaries.
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Genre:Western
Written By:Robert Hossein, Louis Martin, Claude Desailly, Walter Ulbrich
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Runtime:85 minutes
Studio:Continental Produzione, Franco London Films, Paris Union Films, Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG), UFA
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