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Slip on your favorite dungarees and spend the day on the east coast of New Zealand before the 90s.

Indonesian film about a Punjabi girl getting tricked into living with a big time pimp. Uncle MG as they call him, abducts virgins, and forces them to submit to his hymen bustin ways. The not so attractive gals get several chances to marry Uncle MG, or it's into his private jail. Old wives become queen bees, and must submit to the guards.
Slip on your favorite dungarees and spend the day on the east coast of New Zealand before the 90s.
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