London Film Festival 2022

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The Good Nurse The Good Nurse
The Good Nurse and Emily The Criminal
Ashkal (Year: 2022; Director: Youssef Chebbi; Writer: Youssef Chebbi)
In the Gardens of Carthage, a district of Tunis initiated by the former Regime which construction stopped at the beginning of the Revolution, two cops, Fatma and Batal, find a burnt body in one of the lots. As construction slowly resumes, they start looking into this mysterious case.
The Blaze (En plein Feu) (Country: France; Year: 2022; Director: Quentin Reynaud; Writer: Quentin Reynaud; Stars: Alex Lutz, André Dussollier)
Eco-thriller sees a man and his father flee from a wildfire.
Boy From Heaven (Country: Sweden; Year: 2022; Director: Tarik Saleh; Writer: Tarik Saleh; Stars: Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares, Mehdi Dehbi, Mohammad Bakri, Makram Khoury, Yunus Albayrak, Sherwan Haji, Mouloud Ayad, Amr Mosad, Youssef Salama Zeki, Ayman Fathy)
When a grand imam dies, a ruthless battle begins to be his successor.
Emily The Criminal (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: John Patton Ford; Writer: John Patton Ford; Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Jonathan Avigdori, Bernardo Badillo, Gina Gershon, Megalyn Echikunwoke, John Billingsley, John Posey, Kara Luiz, Craig Stark, Brandon Sklenar, Roman Mitichyan, Shoko Rice, Jack Topalian, Roman Arabia)
Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.
Faraaz (Country: India; Year: 2022; Director: Hansal Mehta; Writer: Ritesh Shah, Kashyap Kapoor, Raghav Raj Kakker; Stars: Juhi Babbar, Aditya Rawal, Zahan Kapoor)
Cafe-set hostage drama based on true events.
The Origin Of Evil The Origin Of Evil
The Origin Of Evil and Boy From Heaven
The Good Nurse (Year: 2022; Director: Tobias Lindholm; Writer: Krysty Wilson-Cairn, based on the book by Charles Graeber; Stars: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Kim Dickens, Noah Emmerich, Malik Yoba, Ajay Naidu)
An infamous caregiver is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients.
The Origin Of Evil (Country: South Korea; Year: 2022; Director: Christine Ko; Writer: Seo Ja-yeun; Stars: Jung Ryeowon, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Jung-min)
A distraught woman arrives at a remote hospital to report a vicious attack on her sister. But what seems like a simple police procedural quickly unravels.
The Origin Of Evil (L'Origine Du Mal) (Country: France, Canada; Year: 2022; Director: Sébastien Marnier; Writer: Sébastien Marnier; Stars: Laure Calamy, Suzanne Clément, Doria Tillier, Jacques Weber, Dominique Blanc)
Jealousy and bitterness lead a woman to invent a whole other life for herself in order to impress the rich men and women who surround her.
The Stranger (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Thomas M Wright; Stars: Joel Edgerton, Sean Harris)
Crime thriller in which two strangers meet and strike up a friendship. But what one doesn't know is that the other is a seasoned undercover officer working to convict him.
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