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The east, a suspenseful and provocative espionage thriller from acclaimed writerdirector zal batmanglij and writeractress brit marling, stars marling as former fbi agent sarah moss. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. This was also his first project at monogram pictures, which he joined shortly after the folding of his company victory pictures. Its a comedy and drama movie with an average imdb audience.
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