Colt 45 (2014)
A young police officer gets out of his depth with dangerous people who covet his talent with a gun.
Inexorable (2021)
Trouble lies ahead for a family who have just moved into a chateau, after they hire a young woman as a nanny on impulse.
Maldoror (2024)
Two girls vanish. Police recruit Paul Chartier joins a covert unit tracking a sex offender. After the operation falters, Chartier pursues the perpetrators independently, disillusioned with legal constraints.
The Ordeal (2004)
A passing crooner is kidnapped by a loony in the woods.
Vinyan (2008)
A couple searching for their missing child find themselves in ever more desperate circumstances.
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