2008 · mystery · drama · thriller
Quid Pro Quo
Directed by Carlos Brooks1h 22m2008
A semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
Our read: Quid Pro Quo (2008) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive mystery · drama · thriller entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle mystery / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- inventive
- cold
- intimate
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