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The Lover
A thirty-year-old woman is secretly in love with the doctor who cares for her mother, an authoritarian and greedy widow. Her love turns into an obsession, and, morbidly jealous of her younger sister, she decides to murder the doctor.
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A thirty-year-old woman is secretly in love with the doctor who cares for her mother, an authoritarian and greedy widow. Her love turns into an obsession, and, morbidly jealous of her younger sister, she decides to murder the doctor.
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Les Films Christian Mesnil, Sales New International Pictures
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