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Ofelia, an innocent rural woman, fights against time for her life after a group of common criminals place a bomb collar on her to extort her husband for an insignificant sum of money.
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Ofelia, an innocent rural woman, fights against time for her life after a group of common criminals place a bomb collar on her to extort her husband for an insignificant sum of money.
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Genre:Drama, Thriller
Written By:Dwight Istanbulian, Spiros Stathoulopoulos
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Runtime:85 minutes
Studio:Hermano Films, IFC FIlms, Kosmokrator Sinema, iD FILMS
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