A Better Place Than This

A Better Place Than This

0.0IMDb Score
Released:2013-04-25
Duration:24 min
Director:Daniel Grove
Actors:Reza Sixo Safai, Tania Nolan, Alexandre Chen, Kamil Haque, Archie Kao
Production:University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts

Overview:

A lonely Singaporean death row guard tries to help a young Australian convicted of drug trafficking accept her fate despite a bizarre contradiction - he is her executioner.

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