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Whatever Lola wants (2007)

Whatever Lola wants (2007)

115 minutes EN Drama
A Brooklyn postal worker follows her Egyptian boyfriend to Cairo where she takes belly-dancing lessons from a legendary but disgraced Egyptian dancer.
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