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Art Imitates Life in Sundance-Bound Abduction Comedy ‘Kidnapping Inc.’ After Three Crew Members Held Hostage During Production
The story of a botched kidnapping plot became eerily prescient when three crew members were abducted during production of the Haitian-set film.
Haitian director Bruno Mourral’s feature debut follows a pair of hapless kidnappers tasked with what appears to be a simple abduction for hire, only to find that it’s anything but when they’re suddenly drawn into a vast political conspiracy. Born and raised in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien, Mourral studied film in Paris but returned to his homeland shortly after his father was killed in the crossfire of a turf war between rival gangs in 2005. Mourral says he hopes the film will shine a spotlight on the increasingly dire plight of Haiti, whose kidnapping crisis is made all the worse by rampant corruption and political impunity.
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