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Suspicious River (2000)

Suspicious River poster
Directed by
Lynne Stopkewich
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
18
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1981, a young woman starts working as a prostitute. She enters a sexual relationship with a customer, which puts her in a dangerous position.

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What happens

Suspicious River is a 2000 Canadian drama film directed by Lynne Stopkewich, based on a novel by Laura Kasischke, and starring Molly Parker and Callum Keith Rennie. Its plot follows a young woman in 1981 who begins prostituting herself and consequently finds herself in a precarious situation after beginning a sexual relationship with one of her customers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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