Mail Order Wife (2005)
Because no one wants to be alone.
Genre : Comedy, Documentary, Romance
Runtime : 1H 32M
Director : Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland
Synopsis
A documentarian funds a NYC doorman's Asian mail order bride in exchange for the right to film the experience.
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