Featuring intricate, non-linear storytelling and an uncommon emotional pungency, 7 Minutes is a taut, tightly controlled exercise that should spell bigger and better things for
its tyro director / screenwriter.
The studio behind «The Expendables» and «Saw» wanted «Beyond Deceit»,
tyro director Shintaro Shimosawa's movie about a young lawyer (Josh Duhamel of «Safe Haven») who who takes on a big case against a ruthless executive of a pharmaceutical company (Hopkins), only to find himself drawn into a murder case in which he is the prime suspect.
Boasting breakout talent both in front of and behind the camera (
tyro director Sophie Hyde picked up a helming prize at Sundance), this accessible and mildly provocative drama could do sturdy arthouse business in the U.S. and other English - speaking territories.
Boasting breakout talent both in front of and behind the camera (
tyro director Sophie Hyde -LSB-...]