Coup de Grâce

Coup de Grâce

2013 · 72 min · Crime, Drama

A hostage situation gone bad. Jesús, an amateur thief, holds prisoner a group of clients, but nothing is what it seems. How far are we willing to go to survive?

Directed by Nicolás Lidijover

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