El Maquinista

A factory floor at night, machinery hums, a lone lathe operator. Trevor's world shrinks, a mysterious figure appears, always lurking. Brad Anderson's stark realism grounds the paranoia.

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Brad Anderson directed El Maquinista in 2004. See Brad Anderson's full filmography, where to start with Brad Anderson, or where to go after you've seen everything by Brad Anderson.

El Maquinista was released in 2004 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 102 minutes.