Woman at War
Release date: 2018-05-22
Votes: 424
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Halla declares a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. She is prepared to risk everything to protect the pristine Icelandic Highlands she loves… Until an orphan unexpectedly enters her life.
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