Pain’s an illusion (2014)

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Runtime : 2M

Director : Jackie Gallant

Synopsis

In Pain’s An Illusion, the second offering of Gallant’s Chosen series, Jodie Foster delivers a scathing monologue from her 1980 film, Foxes.

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Jackie Gallant
Jackie Gallant
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