Top Cast
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Willeke van Ammelrooy
Overview
A woman as an object of poetic observation seen through the eager eye of the camera. Cinematic means are used to reflect the moods of women.
Rating
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In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
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Origin
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For Colored Girls
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