Synopsis

Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed (Vincent Gallo) is transported to a secret detention centre in Europe. When the vehicle is riding in crashes, he finds himself suddenly free and on the run in a snow-blanketed forest, a world away from the desert home he knew. Relentlessly pursued by an army that does not officially exist, Mohammed must confront the necessity to kill in order to survive.

ESSENTIAL KILLING
a movie by Jerzy Skolimowski

2010 - Poland/Norway/Ireland/Hungary
83 minutes
35mm, color - 1:1.85 - Dolby Digital
Language - English, Arabic, Polish
a production of
SKOPIA FILM (Poland)
CYLINDER PRODUCTIONS (Norway)
ELEMENT PICTURES (Ireland)
MYTHBERG FILMS (Hungary)

in association with
CANAL+ POLAND
SYRENA FILMS
and co-financed by
TASK FILMS
AKSON STUDIO

with support from
THE POLISH FILM INSTITUTE
Bord Scann án na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board
THE NORWEGIAN FILM INSTITUTE
MMKA
EURIMAGES