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The Man behind the Courtyard House (2011)

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Genre: Drama, Crime, Thriller
Country: Chinese
Release year: 2011
Status: Completed
 
'Director Xing Fei creates anything but a horror film despite the marketing of The Man Behind the Courtyard House as such. Billed as the Chinese Silence of the Lambs, it is more like a Chinese version of ….well, anything else...'(by japancinema)
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