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Brazil
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With his feature The Intruder (2014), director Shariff Korver explored the moral dilemma of an undercover cop infiltrating a drug-trafficking family. Fenix expands that grey area between police and criminals, their necessary evils, through an ambitious TV mini-series intertwining the stories of several characters: an ambitious Dutch detective aiming to take down a criminal network at any cost; his Belgian colleague with ambiguous motives; a student forced to head the gangster family he always wanted to stay clear of; his hot-headed right-hand man.
All these worlds are clashing with many twist and turns, and well-developed characters, and Korver makes sure he makes the experience as stylish and moody as possible: the cryptic opening scene, virtually dialogue-free, is the perfect introduction to a shadowy and fascinating world.
Season 1, episodes 1 to 3 and marathon screening on Sat 3 Feb.
IFFR 2018
Programme IFFR 2018
A harvest of outstanding features, the future classics of arthouse cinema. With the eight nominees for the VPRO Big Screen Award.
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