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"Shérif et psychopathe, un assassin qui tue pour rien... Un polar ensorcelant et dérangeant porté par la performance de son acteur principal, une variation sur la banalité du mal..."
"The second feature-length adaptation of author Jim Thompson's acclaimed 1952 crime novel, Michael Winterbottom's unflinching, psychosexual post-noir stars Casey Affleck as Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford, a stoic small-town lawman leading a secret life as a serial killer. His West Texas jurisdiction plagued by a series of unsolved murders, Deputy Sheriff Ford does his best to maintain a cool facade while working to deflect the suspicions of the locals. When those suspicions grow too strong to ignore, the psychotic sheriff begins to buckle under the pressure."@en
"Texas, begin jaren vijftig. Wanneer hulpsheriff Lou Ford een SM-relatie krijgt met een prostituee, wordt hij steeds gewelddadiger."
""A small town sheriff up to his neck in murders: his own. When he is asked to railroad a talkative prostitute out of town before she makes trouble, he realizes it's easier to just get rid of her for good. Unfortunately, covering up that murder means eliminating more and more people as his problems and complications spiral out of control. Even worse, he's starting to enjoy committing the crimes a lot more than he ever enjoyed dishing out the punishment."--Container."@en
"A sheriff is on the case to solve a string of murders in his small town, knowing that he is the killer."@en
"Texas, primi anni '50. Lou Ford è il giovane sceriffo di una sperduta contea e, nonostante il salario basso e la prospettiva di una carriera non esaltante davanti a sé, non si risparmia in favori per la sua comunità. Quando su esplicita richiesta del più importante affarista della zona, Chester Conway, viene incaricato di sfrattare Joyce Lakeland, una prostituta che si intrattiene con il figlio del magnate, Lou si reca a casa della ragazza. Gli schiaffi e gli insulti con cui Joyce accoglie l'ingresso dello sceriffo, risvegliano in lui un'indole aggressiva da tempo sopita che lo porta a percuoterla e possederla brutalmente. Da quel momento, i due intraprendono una relazione a base di sesso e violenza sadomaso, finché Joyce non propone a Lou di ricattare il figlio di Conway. Ma Lou decide di modificare il progetto a suo piacimento. (Mymovies)."@it
"A sheriff is on the case to solve a string of murders in his small town, knowing that he is the killer."
"Michael Winterbottom directs this graphically violent thriller based on the novel by Jim Thompson. Casey Affleck stars as Deputy Sheriff Lou Ford, a pillar of the community in the small Texas town of Central City. However, Ford is not quite the upstanding citizen he appears to be, as becomes apparent after he is ordered to evict local prostitute Joyce Lakeland (Jessica Alba) and ends up embroiled in a torrid affair with her. When his fiance Amy (Kate Hudson) becomes suspicious, the consequences are bloody and brutal as the dark secrets of Ford's past are finally brought to light."