Marie Ann
★ 8 · 1978 · 88m · Western · Adventure · Drama
The film is a historical biopic of Marie-Anne Lagimodière, the first woman of European descent to settle in Western Canada and the grandmother of Louis Riel.
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The Miracle Worker
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1963 · ★ 7.1
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