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Lucky Girl (2001)

Lucky Girl poster
Directed by
John Fawcett
Genre
drama film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school student becomes addicted to gambling. Her secret habit piles up debt and strains the relationship with her family.

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What happens

Lucky Girl (also known as My Daughter's Secret Life) is a 2001 Canadian drama film starring Elisha Cuthbert, Sherry Miller, and Charlotte Sullivan, directed by John Fawcett. The film is about a high school student whose obsession with gambling leads to her accumulating a mountain of debt and causes a high degree of family tension. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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