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The Abduction Club (2002)

The Abduction Club poster
Directed by
Stefan Schwartz
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama
Country
Germany, United Kingdom, France
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
12
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 18th century Ireland, a group of young men who cannot find proper wives due to their lack of money resort to abducting wealthy women to force marriages. The story follows one of these outlaws and a strong-willed woman he kidnaps as they clash and eventually form an unexpected bond.

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What happens

The Abduction Club is a 2002 British-Irish romantic comedy-drama adventure film directed by Stefan Schwartz. Based loosely on real events, the plot centres on a group of outlaws who abduct women in order to marry them. It was written by Richard Crawford and Bill Britten. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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