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Dormant Beauty
Dormant Beauty
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2012
1h 55m
6.3(71 votes)
Drama

Overview

A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who spent 17 years in a vegetative state.

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