Kidnapping Stella (2019)
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”A woman fights to escape from her masked captors after being kidnapped for ransom.”
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Based on the British film 'The Disappearance of Alice Creed', this German remake offers an intense story with a claustrophobic and minimalist atmosphere. 'Kidnapping Stella' is a low-budget movie that uses its limitations as advantages, taking place almost entirely in the room where the protagonist is held captive - and yet still keeps the viewer tense until the end.
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Kidnapped in the middle of the street and held for a ransom, a woman bound and gagged goes to great lengths to thwart the plans of her two masked captors.
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