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Film · South Africa

A Small Town Called Descent

Somewhere in a remote part of South Africa a heinous crime is committed. Against the backdrop of xenophobic riots that have swept across the country, two Zimbabwean brothers along with a local girl are brutally attacked. The older brother is burnt alive whilst his younger sibling and the girl are sodomised, raped and left for dead. Three investigators from the elite crime fighting unit known as the Scorpions are deployed to a small town called Descent.

DramaCrime

Festival awards

2011Best FilmBest Film · AMAA (nominated)

Source: Wikipedia

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