Lies We Tell | |
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Directed by | Mitu Misra |
Screenplay by | Ewen Glass Andy McDermott |
Story by | Mitu Misra |
Produced by | Danny Gulliver Andy McDermott Malcolm Scott |
Starring | Gabriel Byrne Sibylla Deen Harvey Keitel |
Cinematography | Santosh Sivan |
Edited by | Chris Gill |
Music by | Zbigniew Preisner |
Release date |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Lies We Tell is a 2017 British crime thriller film directed by Mitu Misra and starring Gabriel Byrne, Sibylla Deen and Harvey Keitel. [1] It is Misra's directorial debut. [2]
A trusted driver must deal with his dead boss' Muslim mistress, her dark past pulling him into a life-and-death showdown with her notorious gangster cousin/ex-husband. [3]
As of June 2020 [update] , Lies We Tell holds a 0% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 16 reviews with an average rating of 3.75/10. [4] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film two stars. [5] Nick De Semlyen of Empire awarded the film two stars out of five. [6]
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