Top Cast
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Brian Bourke
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Therese Lawlor
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Paddy O'Neill
Overview
A precursor to Reefer and the Model, Waterbag involves the relationship between two fishermen and a pregnant woman, and ends with an apparently self-induced miscarriage.
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