Stalin My Neighbour
5.5
2004
0 hr 15 min
Drama
Annie wants to find her cat and forget her past. She walks the streets of the East End of London, in the footsteps of Josef Stalin and Mahatma Gandhi. Annie's obsessive journey through local history triggers an unravelling of her own life.
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- Cast:
- Alicya Eyo
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