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Pieta (2012)

Pieta (2012)

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NR 104 minutes KO Drama
The truth of the heart is born only from sacrifice.
A loan shark is forced to reconsider his violent lifestyle after the arrival of a mysterious woman claiming to be his long-lost mother.
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