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The Silence of the Lambs
UNITED STATES · 1991

The Silence of the Lambs

Jonathan Demme
serial killers psychological manipulation FBI profiling moral ambiguity predator-prey dynamics
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Synopsis

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him ou

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