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(aka "Esclavo de Dios" )
directed by Joel Novoa
Venezuela/Argentina 2013
Recruited as a child after the
murder of his parents, Lebanese sniper/explosives expert Ahmed
(Mohammed Alkhaldi) arrives in Caracas and is given a new
identity as a doctor and is instructed to get married, have a
child, and wait for the call. A few years later, Ahmed is
summoned to Buenos Aires by professor Tarik (Laureano Olivares)
who is coordinating a pair of suicide bombing attacks with Ahmed
and Rashid (Jose Azrak) as the chosen ones. Intelligence has
already reached Mossad agent David (Vando Villamil) who - owing
to his own familial loss as a child - is so ruthless and driven
as to draw comment from his superior, his colleagues, and his
estranged wife. David fails at preventing a bombing that kills
eighty local citizens, but suspects that another attack is
imminent when he recognizes Ahmed who has slipped out of the
hideout to consider everything he is leaving behind while
reflecting on the late Rashid's doubts ("What if life is
better?"). While David wants to stop Ahmed, he also wants him to
lead him to Salim (Fayez Ajwad Amd), a long-unseen terrorist who
specializes in recruiting young people to the cause. Ahmed
already knows the Israelis are on his trail; but if he does not
follow through, he will be branded a traitor and face imminent
death along with his family from his own people. |
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Theatrical Release: 28 June 2013 (Venezuela)
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DVD Review: Film Movement - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 1:31:00 | |
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1.85:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Film Movement Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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The Red One-lensed film looks appropriately smooth and grainless in this dual-layer, progressive, anamorphic encode while the Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo downmix are enveloping for the most part (music sometimes takes the place of dialogue and directional and atmospheric effects in moments of high drama like the aftermath of the explosion). The optional English subtitles are without error, but the English closed-captioning track is from their release of IF YOU DON'T, I WILL (the same is true of the closed captioning track on Film Movement's concurrent release of THE NUN). Extras consist of a very brief behind the scenes featurette, a cast/crew interview segment only slightly longer, a short film by the same director (starring Jose Azrak who has a smaller role in the feature), the trailer, and trailers for six other Film Movement releases. |
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