Like Lambs

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Like Lambs
Directed byTed Marcus
Written byTed Marcus
Produced byJohn Kassab
CinematographyParker Tolifson
Production
companies
The Ark Picture Company
Creative Initiative Make-Up & FX Studio
Running time
83 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish

Like Lambs is an independent action and horror film written and directed by Ted Marcus. It was released in 2016 at the Atlanta Film Festival, [1] and also presented at the Boston International Film Festival. [2]

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Synopsis

During an economic collapse, boarding school students find corruption cases involving elite bankers. In revolt, they devise a plan to compel a bourgeois to release money or watch their children die on national television. [1]

Cast

Production

The film was shot over the fall of 2013 in a gothic castle in New England. 35mm films were used that remained from the productions of 12 Years a Slave and The Wolf of Wall Street . To finish the production, about 33 thousand dollars were collected in the Kickstarter. [3]

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