Film inspired by Facebook-streamed violence hitting cinemas

Culture 24 September 2024 16:06

Janez Burger's award-winning Observing, a psychological thriller exploring violence in contemporary society and on social media, is out on general release at Cineplexx Rudnik in Ljubljana on Tuesday. It was inspired by an event in 2017 when two men in their 20s beat another young man to death in Slovenia while streaming it on Facebook, CE Report quotes STA.

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Film inspired by Facebook-streamed violence hitting cinemas

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