Monster's Ball

Monster's Ball

★ 6.8IMDb Score
Released:2001-12-26
Duration:113 min
Director:Marc Forster
Actors:Billy Bob Thornton, Heath Ledger, Halle Berry, Sean Combs, Yasiin Bey
Production:Lionsgate, Lee Daniels Entertainment

Overview:

A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.

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