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    A Most Violent Year

    R2015 · Thriller · 2h 4m

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      • While the film is based on an actual, violent year in New York City's history, the story of Anna and Abel itself is fiction. The year, 1981, was "statistically the most dangerous year in the city’s history," according to A Most Violent Year 's official website.
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      Is 'A Most Violent Year' Based on a True Story? - Bustle

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  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › A_Most_Violent_YearA Most Violent Year - Wikipedia

    A Most Violent Year is a 2014 crime drama film written and directed by J. C. Chandor, who also co-produced with Neal Dodson and Anna Gerb. It stars Oscar Isaac as a fuel supplier who tries to adhere to his own moral compass amid the rampant violence, corruption and decay that threaten his family and business.

  5. www.bustle.com › articles › 52025-is-a-most-violentIs 'A Most Violent Year' Based on a True Story? - Bustle

    Dec 30, 2014 · Well, it turns out, the answer isn't exactly straightforward. While the film is based on an actual, violent year in New York City's history, the story of Anna and Abel itself is...

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  6. www.nytimes.com › 2014/12/31 › movies‘A Most Violent Year,’ With Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain ...

    Dec 30, 2014 · More brooding than brutal, “A Most Violent Year” finds Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac), the upwardly mobile owner of a heating-oil business, in a time of difficulty. Some of the trouble is...

    • J.C. Chandor
    • A.O. Scott
    • 125 min

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  8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2015/01/05The Man Behind “A Most Violent Year” | The New Yorker

    Dec 29, 2014 · Chandor’s “A Most Violent Year,” set in 1981, débuts this week: Abel Morales (Oscar Isaac), a heating-oil dealer who cloaks his ambitions beneath a suave manner and a camel-hair topcoat, has...

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  9. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2015/01/12“A Most Violent Year” Review | The New Yorker

    Jan 5, 2015 · Abel is a true capitalist hero: as the pressures on him mount, he delves deeper into risk. According to entrepreneurial logic, he can’t get ahead unless he courts disaster.

  10. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › a_most_violent_yearA Most Violent Year | Rotten Tomatoes

    Dec 31, 2014 · In 1981 New York, a fuel supplier (Oscar Isaac) tries to adhere to his own moral compass amid the rampant violence, corruption and decay that threaten his family and his business.

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  11. www.imdb.com › title › tt2937898A Most Violent Year (2014) - IMDb

    A Most Violent Year: Directed by J.C. Chandor. With Oscar Isaac, Elyes Gabel, Jessica Chastain, Lorna Pruce. In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history.