2013 · thriller · political · war
Madras Cafe
Directed by Shoojit Sircar2h 10m2013
An Indian intelligence agent journeys to a war-torn coastal island to break a resolute rebel group and meets a passionate journalist.
Our read: Madras Cafe (2013) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded thriller · political · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, extreme thriller / political, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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