Top Cast
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Marianne Rolle
Desiree
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Dan Strayhorn
Freddy
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Cynthia Belgrave
Moeder
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Joanne Jacobson
Mw. Resnick
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Askina Touree
Desiree als kind
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Maxwell Glanville
Vader Siego
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Eric Hines
Oom Harry
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Patrick Sullivan
Dokter
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Roberto Watson
Vroedvrouw
Overview
Set in Brooklyn, New York this Dutch film is based on a true story that appeared on a New York newspaper in 1980. Desirée lives in the past. A series of flashbacks expose us to her psychologically troubled childhood very much affected by a promiscous mother.
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