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Mystic River (2003)

★ 7.7 · 7,409 ratings on TMDB

We bury our sins, we wash them clean.

Mystic River poster★ 7.7

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

DirectorClint Eastwood
CastEmmy Rossum, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Chapman, Laura Linney, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden
GenresCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
The emergence reading

Mystic River keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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