Brute

Brute

1997102 min5.7 / 10

A gritty prison drama that balances romantic hope against institutional corruption and personal decay, set in a bleak Romanian facility.

Shipped off to a Romanian orphanage to finish his sentence, a British criminal finds romance but also discovers corruption inside the facility.

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