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The result is never in question. Just the path you take to get there. - A Most Violent Year
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Title: A Most Violent Year

Release Date: 31 Dec 2014

Runtime: 2h 4m

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Participant, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, FilmNation Entertainment, Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Old Bull Pictures, CounterNarrative Films

Production Companies: Participant, Image Nation Abu Dhabi, FilmNation Entertainment, Before the Door Pictures, Washington Square Films, Old Bull Pictures, CounterNarrative Films

Overview: A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.606 (1420 votes)

Cast

  • Abel Morales: Oscar Isaac
  • Anna Morales: Jessica Chastain
  • D.A. Lawrence: David Oyelowo
  • Peter Forente: Alessandro Nivola
  • Julian: Elyes Gabel
  • Andrew Walsh: Albert Brooks
  • Luisa: Catalina Sandino Moreno
  • Bill O'Leary: Peter Gerety
  • Louis Servidio: Christopher Abbott
  • Arnold Kline: Glenn Fleshler
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