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Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017)

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train poster
Directed by
Sydney Freeland
Genre
drama film, comedy film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
16
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 124 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two teenage sisters in a small town turn to robbing trains to keep their family afloat after their mother is jailed. They must outwit the authorities and deal with the chaos that follows.

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What happens

Deidra & Laney Rob a Train is an American comedy drama crime film directed by Sydney Freeland, from a screenplay by Shelby Farrell. It stars Ashleigh Murray, Rachel Crow, Tim Blake Nelson, David Sullivan, Danielle Nicolet, and Sasheer Zamata. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2017, before being released on March 17, 2017, by Netflix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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