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Chrysalis (2004)

Gênero : História, Drama

Runtime : 1H 47M

Director : Sashi Kumar

Sinopse

A Sikh woman and her son take refuge in a convent during the 1984 anti-Sikh pogroms

Atores

Seema Biswas
Seema Biswas
Sister Agatha
Angad Bedi
Angad Bedi
Preet

Tripulações

Sashi Kumar
Sashi Kumar
Director
Madan Gopal Singh
Madan Gopal Singh
Writer

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