The Wages of Fear
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The Wages of Fear

Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Year 1953
Country France
Runtime 2h 33m
Language Arabic, French
Format DCP
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Synopsis

This “existential thriller” (Pauline Kael) by director Henri-Georges Clouzot is a beautifully shot hell ride where a group of desperados are tasked with transporting truckloads of volatile explosives over hostile terrain to put out a fire. The story was memorably remade by William Friedkin as SORCERER, but the original has tension and cinematic beauty all its own.