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Faces in the Crowd

2/25/2014

 
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A young woman miraculously survives a serial killer's attack only to be stricken with prosopagnosia, a disorder that prevents her from recognizing faces.

A young woman named Anna sees her world turned upside down when she becomes the sole witness to a murder and also suffers an injury that leaves her unable to recognize people by their faces, including the killer. Struggling with prosopagnosia, also known as "face blindness", Anna must learn how to navigate a world full of friends who look like strangers, and strangers who could be killers.  Can she see people for who they really are before the killer comes for her? 

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