Martina - Med lust och glädje stor...
★ 8 · 1989 · 30m · Documentary
The fourth film in a long series about Martina Schaub, a woman with Down's Syndrome. Tom Alandh documented part of her life from age 5 to 50. In this film, she is in her early twenties.
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