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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release2014

Runtime2h 4m

StatusReleased

Budget$20,000,000

Revenue$12,007,070

Production

Participant

Image Nation Abu Dhabi

FilmNation Entertainment

Before the Door Pictures

Washington Square Films

Old Bull Pictures

CounterNarrative Films

Movie

A Most Violent Year

2014

2h 4m

6.6

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Synopsis

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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