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movie review - Brokedown Palace

the journal of Michael Werneburg

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Sydney, 2000.06.30

This one was pretty dull, I have to say. It's about two girls who are arrested for drug possession in S.E. Asia. One of them - the bad girl - spends the rest of her life in prison. The other - the good girl - gets to go back the good ol' US. It's beautifully shot but I suspect that behind this thing there was a much better book and the best of that didn't make it to the screen.

Not recommended.

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