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A Most Violent Year

The result is never in question. Just the path you take to get there.
Dec 31, 2014 · 2h 5m
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Crime
Drama
Thriller

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A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

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CAST

Oscar Isaac
Abel Morales
Jessica Chastain
Anna Morales
David Oyelowo
D.A. Lawrence
Alessandro Nivola
Peter Forente
Elyes Gabel
Julian
Albert Brooks
Andrew Walsh
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Luisa
Peter Gerety
Bill O'Leary
Directed by J.C. Chandor

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$12,007,070
Production
Participant, Image Nation Studios, FilmNation Entertainment, Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Old Bull Pictures, CounterNarrative Films
Country
US

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