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Tree of Hands (1989)

Tree of Hands poster
Directed by
Giles Foster
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
18
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman takes her young grandson on a trip to London after his mother's death. She becomes entangled in a web of deception and psychological strain with her estranged daughter and a stranger.

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What happens

Tree of Hands (released in the US as Innocent Victim) is a 1989 British psychological drama film directed by Giles Foster and starring Helen Shaver, Lauren Bacall, Malcolm Stoddard and Peter Firth. It is based on the 1984 novel The Tree of Hands by Ruth Rendell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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