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Film round-up: January 6, 2023
MARIA DUARTE reviews of A Man Called Otto, Piggy and The Enforcer
Mariana Trevino as Marisol and Tom Hanks as Otto Anderson

A Man Called Otto (15)
Directed by Marc Forster
★★★★

 

IT IS always a worry when a superb foreign film is remade for the US and British markets just because viewers detest reading subtitles.

 

Piggy (18)
Directed by Carlota Pereda
★★★★

The Enforcer (18)
Directed by Richard Hughes
★★

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