A Most Violent Year
About A Most Violent Year
A thriller set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically one of the most violent years in the city's history, and centered on the lives of an immigrant and his family trying to expand their business and capitalize on opportunities as the rampant violence, decay, and corruption of the day drag them in and threaten to destroy all they have built.
J.C. Chandor's A Most Violent Year is a 2014 crime thriller film. At 125 minutes long, it arrived in December 2014.
Its themes are corruption, winter, immigrant, and capitalism.
Oscar Isaac appears as Abel Morales, Jessica Chastain as Anna Morales, David Oyelowo as D.A. Lawrence, and Alessandro Nivola as Peter Forente. The screenplay is by J.C. Chandor. Produced by FilmNation Entertainment. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.
The Brutalist, The Apprentice, and Léon: The Professional make useful companions to A Most Violent Year, all filed under 1980s and american dream. TMDB voters put it at 6.6 out of 10 across 1,608 votes and it carries a R rating.