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Nana's Paradise

Nana's Paradise

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Nana's Paradise

2020

2h 16m

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Drama

Overview

A young man over-comes extreme poverty, a dysfunctional home, peer ridicule, and death in his family to embark on an epic journey that takes him to England on an island scholarship. There he is determined to overcome cultural shock, the bitter London cold and homesickness to return home to do right by his mother.

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6 members

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Keddy Emmanuel

Owen Marshall

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Vincent Emmanuel

Owen Marshall

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Mathurine Emmanuel

Narnar Marshall

Mathurine Emmanuel

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Francita St. Ange

Narnar Marshall

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Eli Kelvin Peters Jr.

Ryan Marshall

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Jn. Mitchelle

Ryan Marshall

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