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Obligatory

  • 2023
  • 14m
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7.3/10
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Obligatory (2023)
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A young prison guard's allegiance to an oppressive regime is tested when he is asked to execute his former college professor.A young prison guard's allegiance to an oppressive regime is tested when he is asked to execute his former college professor.A young prison guard's allegiance to an oppressive regime is tested when he is asked to execute his former college professor.

  • Director
    • Eli Staub
  • Writer
    • Angelo Pitsillis
  • Stars
    • Kaj Adnan
    • Abdullah Khalil
    • Kourosh Parsapour
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    7.3/10
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    • Director
      • Eli Staub
    • Writer
      • Angelo Pitsillis
    • Stars
      • Kaj Adnan
      • Abdullah Khalil
      • Kourosh Parsapour
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    Kaj Adnan
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    Abdullah Khalil
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    Kourosh Parsapour
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    Sean Rohani
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    Nicky Romaniello
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    Kirpianuscus

    in a cell, a professor

    A remind of Grreek Colonels regime . A story about decisions , gestures, their consequences, a professor in jail, condamned at death , his student, at the first execution as part of platoon , a letter and the fears to hide it, like a cigarettes package.

    Admirable performances , Kaj Adnan as the young student in army , his face translating, in fair manner, each state, his teacher beautiful defined by Abdullah Khalil performance.

    And, sure, special last scenes. A story familiar for not very much. But it can be about each dictatorship, from Chile under Pinochet regime to Ceausescu regime. And its truths, inspired reflected, are the basic virtue of it.

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      • December 14, 2023 (United States)
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      • English
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      • Los Angeles, California, USA
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