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Portraits of a Killer (1996) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1996 · 93 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Bill Corcoran
- Starring
- Michael Ironside, Costas Mandylor, Jennifer Grey, Kenneth Welsh, M. Emmet Walsh, David McNally
Murder is never picture‑perfect. An ambitious attorney becomes too entangled in the lawyer‑client bond, falling for her charismatic photographer client who is charged with multiple murders. Though she clings to the hope of his innocence, her growing doubts and professional duty clash, forcing a tense struggle between love and truth.
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