Moon

Moon

2024 · 92 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Thriller, Crime

Sarah, a former professional kickboxer from Vienna, accepts an offer to work as a personal trainer for a rich family in the Middle East. She finds herself in a foreign world, in a palace behind walls and cut off from the internet, where the sisters are under surveillance around the clock. They have no interest in learning to box. So why has Sarah been brought here?

Directed by Kurdwin Ayub · Written by Kurdwin Ayub

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