The Clearing
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A tense psychological thriller that uses a kidnapping to expose fractures in a marriage, grounded in procedural realism and moral ambiguity.
When affluent executive Wayne Hayes is kidnapped by a disgruntled employee and held for ransom in a forest, Wayne’s wife is forced to reckon with the FBI agents as they negotiate with the kidnapper.
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