ESSENTIAL KILLING
synopsis
Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed is transported to a secret detention centre in Europe. When the vehicle he is travelling 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.
| international title: | Essential Killing |
| original title: | Essential Killing |
| country: | Poland, Norway, Ireland, Hungary |
| sales agent: | HanWay Films |
| year: | 2010 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Jerzy Skolimowski |
| film run: | 83' |
| release date: | PL 15/09/2010, NO 25/02/2011, UK 01/04/2011, FR 06/04/2011, BE 08/06/2011, GR 16/06/2011, PT 16/06/2011, NL 08/09/2011 |
| screenplay: | Jerzy Skolimowski, Ewa Piaskowska, James McManus |
| cast: | Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner, Stig Frode Henriksen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, David L. Price, Torgrim Ødegård, Varg Strande, Phillip Goss |
| cinematography by: | Adam Sikora |
| costumes designer: | Anne Hamre |
| producer: | Eva Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski, Ingrid Lill Hogtun |
| production: | Skopia Film, Cylinder Productions, Element Pictures, Mythberg Films, Syrena Films |
| distributor: | Curzon Artificial Eye, Surreal Distribution, Cinéart, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuais (NOS Audiovisuais), Cinéart Netherlands B.V. |
