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Duty Free (2021)

Duty Free poster
Directed by
Sian-Pierre Regis
Genre
documentary
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A 75 year old woman loses her hotel job. Her son helps her find new work and takes her on adventures she missed out on.

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What happens

Duty Free is a 2020 documentary film directed by Sian-Pierre Regis. The film tells the story of a 75-year-old woman who has recently been fired from her job at a hotel. Her son, who is also the director of the film, assists her with finding a new job and takes her on bucket list trips in order to do the things she could not do due to her duties at work and at home. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 79% based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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