Num Certo Verão (1986)
Scott Glenn, Jamie Lee Curtis and Bette Davis Shine in a Powerful Drama!
Gênero : Drama, Cinema TV
Runtime : 1H 27M
Director : Jean-Claude Tramont
Sinopse
Set in a sleepy Southern Louisiana town in 1959, a lawyer, searches for justice as he volunteers to help a black woman whose property is being threatened by the Holts, the first family of the town, after she refuses to sell her valuable land.
Em 1993, três crianças de oito anos de idade foram assassinadas. Onze horas após os corpos serem encontrados, a polícia já tinha capturado os suspeitos. Este documentário conta a vida dos acusados até sua libertação 18 anos depois.
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