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Benefit of the Doubt (1993)

Benefit of the Doubt poster
Directed by
Jonathan Heap
Genre
thriller film
Country
Germany, United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film about a woman whose father is released from prison after being convicted for murder. She tries to rebuild their relationship but starts to doubt whether he truly changed.

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What happens

Benefit of the Doubt (German: Im Bann des Zweifels) is a 1993 English-language German thriller film directed by Jonathan Heap and starring Donald Sutherland and Amy Irving. It was released in the United States by Miramax Films on July 16, 1993, marking the first film to be released by Miramax after being acquired by The Walt Disney Company. Disney would continue to distribute Miramax's films for the next 17 years, ending with The Switch on August 20, 2010, before Disney sold the company to Filmyard Holdings that same year on December 3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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