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Where was Essential Killing filmed?

2010 film, directed by Jerzy Skolimowski.

  • Tatra Mountains

The story is set in Afghanistan.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Afghanistan
Filmed in
Tatra Mountains
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About Essential Killing

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Released
2010
Director
Jerzy Skolimowski
Cast
Vincent GalloEmmanuelle SeignerNicolai Cleve BrochStig Frode HenriksenEwa PiaskowskaZach CohenDavid Price
Genre
Political ThrillerWar
Awards
Grand Jury Prize of the Venice Film Festival; Astor d'Oro for best film; Golden Lions

An Arab is captured in the desert after attacking U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan, and then tortured and brutalized in a secret detention center.

He finds himself transported to Poland, along with other prisoners.

He manages to escape into the vast frozen woodland, a world away from the home he knew.

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