How I Left the Opus Dei

8.4IMDb Score
Released:2025-02-07
Duration: min
Country:Spain
Director:
Actors:Claudia Traisac, Gareth Gore, Antonia Cundy, John Paul Lennon, Sebastian Sal
Production:The Mediapro Studio, Warner Bros. Discovery

Overview:

Thirteen brave women share stories of the psychological, emotional and economic abuse they suffered under the controversial religious group Opus Dei.

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