The Sapphires
Release date: 2012-08-08
Votes: 212
Genres: Comedy, Drama
It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.
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