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Holy Matrimony (1994)

Holy Matrimony poster
Directed by
Leonard Nimoy
Genre
comedy film, action film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 62 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A thief on the run hides out in a strict religious community. She marries a young boy to get her dead boyfriend's hidden stash of money. Things get complicated as she tries to escape with the cash.

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What happens

Holy Matrimony is a 1994 American comedy film directed by Leonard Nimoy and starring Patricia Arquette and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. The film tells the story of a beautiful thief, hiding in a small, isolated Hutterite community, who marries a young boy in order to retrieve a hidden fortune following the death of her boyfriend, who was also the older brother of her current husband. It was the final feature film directed by Nimoy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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