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Brick

Rian Johnson

USA2005 117min 35mm color World Premiere

Synopsis

Brendan Frye's piercing intelligence spares no one. Yet he prefers to stay an outsider, and does - until the day that his ex-girlfriend, Emily, reaches out to him unexpectedly and then vanishes. His feelings for her still run deep; so much so, that he becomes consumed with finding his troubled inamorata. To find her, he enlists the aid of his only true peer, the Brain.

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Rian Johnson

A director and screenwriter, his first professional foray into film was as head film editor for May (Lucky MCKEE, 2002). Brick , his debut as a director, received the Special Jury Award at Sundance"05.