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Polisse, a based-on-reality film about the Child Protection Unit of the Paris Police. Do I really need to say more? This is incidentally the only movie besides Come and see that I almost couldn't watch till the end. With Polisse I lasted 30 minutes before I had to take a ten minute break just to gather my thoughts. Anyone who has seen Come and see can pretty easily guess where I had to take a break in that film... The Magdalene Sisters. Based on real events (see the pattern here?) in the Irish Magdalene "asylums" for "fallen" girls. A former inmate told that reality was actually worse than depicted in the film. After seeing these films, "fantasy-based" horror like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Excorsist just don't do it for me. They're pretty frightening for sure, but films based on real events just touch me in places I never thought a movie could reach. Just the thought that this kind of stuff really happened or is still going on is crushing. Also seconding Threads. It starts a little slow for a reason, so give it time. The film has one the best endings I've ever seen.
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