Louisiane
Virginia Tregan returns to her home in the U.S. Deep South from a sojourn in Paris only to discover that her family plantation and its holdings have been lost. She determines to recoup her family's fortune.
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Louisiane
1984
4
7 1/2 Minute Film
Duration: 0 h 8 m | 1974
A short story of paralysis and waste set in Colfax, Louisiana.
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