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Purge

Original title: Puhdistus
  • 20122012
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 5m
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Purge (2012)
A breathtakingly suspenseful story of two women dogged by their own shameful pasts and the dark, unspoken history that binds them.
Aliide and Zara engage in a complex arithmetic of suspicion and revelation to distill each others motives; gradually, their
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A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.
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    • Antti J. Jokinen
    • Marko Leino(screenplay)
    • Antti J. Jokinen(screenplay)
    • Sofi Oksanen(novel)
  • Stars
    • Laura Birn
    • Liisi Tandefelt
    • Amanda Pilke
    • Antti J. Jokinen
    • Marko Leino(screenplay)
    • Antti J. Jokinen(screenplay)
    • Sofi Oksanen(novel)
  • Stars
    • Laura Birn
    • Liisi Tandefelt
    • Amanda Pilke
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    • 12Critic reviews
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    Laura Birn
    Laura Birn
    • Aliide…
    Liisi Tandefelt
    • Aliide…
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    Peter Franzén
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    • Hans…
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    Tommi Korpela
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    Tomi Salmela
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    Jarmo Mäkinen
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    Petteri Pennilä
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    Sergei Enkvist
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    • Trivia
      The official entry of Finland to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.
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      Pasa: [shows Aliide photos of a killed man] Look at the photos.

      Aliide: I don't have to. I've seen bodies before.

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    7/10
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    A young woman forced into a prostitution ring in Estonia escapes and seeks refuge with an old lady whose horrific past is revealed through a series of flashbacks, and although I am not fan of a non linear style of filmmaking, it works well for this particular movie.The two main actresses are terrific and the World War Two history lesson regarding Estonia and Stalin's communist Russia is quite compelling. Both the current theme of white slavery and the past one of atrocities committed in the name of patriotism and honor are portrayed in a brutal and honest way. Purge runs a bit too long at two hours and five minutes, but even with that small criticism, I would rank it as one of my favorite foreign language films.
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      • September 7, 2012 (Estonia)
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      • Taska Film
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