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Stolen Life (1998)

Stolen Life poster
Original title
Voleur de vie
Directed by
Yves Angelo
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her family's rural estate in France after years away and becomes entangled in the emotional life of her late brother's wife. The film explores their complicated bond as they each confront personal grief and hidden secrets.

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What happens

Stolen Life (original title: Voleur de vie) is a 1998 French drama film directed and co-written by Yves Angelo and starring Emmanuelle Béart and Sandrine Bonnaire. It is based on a novel by Icelandic author Steinunn Sigurðardóttir. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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