# The Gateway (2021)

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**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Michele Civetta
**Written by**: Andrew Levitas, Alex Felix Bendaña, Michele Civetta
**Starring**: Shea Whigham, Olivia Munn, Taryn Manning, Frank Grillo, Bruce Dern, Keith David

> *He watches over her. Now they're watching him.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dark alleys of New York City summer nights a siren blares 
a social worker shields a young girl from her ex-con father 
this thriller unfolds like a dark 70s noir.

**Mood tags**: dread, paranoid, raw

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