ESSENTIAL KILLING
Year: 2010
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Vincent Gallo, Emanuelle Seigner, Zach Cohen, Iftach Ophir, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Stig Frode Henriksen, David Price, Tracy Spencer Shipp, Klaudia Kaca, Dariusz Juzyszyn
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Countries: Poland / Norway / Ireland / Hungary /
Language: English / Arabic / Polish
UK: 83 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong violence and language, once very strong
UK Release Date: 1 April 2011 (Limited Release)
Synopsis
Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is transported to a secret detention centre in Europe. When the vehicle he is riding in crashes, he finds himself suddenly free and on the run in a snow-blanketed forest, a world away from the desert home he knew.
Relentlessly pursued by an army that does not officially exist, Mohammed must confront the necessity to kill in order to survive.