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Top 100 Most Anticipated Foreign Films of 2016: #36. Amat Escalante’s The Untamed

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Nicholas Bell - January 11, 2016

The Untamed Director: Amat Escalante Writer: Amat Escalante and Gibran Portela Amat Escalante, protégé of Carlos Reygadas, snagged the Best Director award at Cannes 2013 for his unpleasant...

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