True Crimes (2016)

Director


Main cast
Jim Carrey; Charlotte Gainsbourg; Kati Outinen; Marton Csokas; Agata Kulesza

Genres
Thriller, Crime, Action

Description
A murder investigation of a slain business man turns to clues found in an author's book about an eerily similar crime. Based on 2008 New Yorker article by David Grann.


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