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Gifted Brit actor Tim Roth makes a feature directing debut with this well-acted, uncompromisingly depressing drama about a working-class family torn apart by incest and abuse.
Emanuel Levy, Variety
The War Zone
When the worst of men hides in a family with no history.
1999 · 1h 38m · R
Drama
Directed by
Tim Roth
Overview
An alienated teenager, saddened that he has moved away from London, must find a way to deal with a dark family secret.
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