R

You arrive at a penitentiary after a violent crime. Your survival depends on navigating the brutal prison hierarchy. But an unlikely friendship blossoms across racial lines. Lindholm and Noer achieve an almost documentary realism. The film lingers in the mind.

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R was released in 2010 (DA original-language production), with a runtime of 99 minutes.