All the Truth About Schelps
β 7 Β· 2004 Β· 129m Β· Drama
Three men are united around the coffin of a woman they have never seen before. They have been summoned to the morgue by their old school-friend, now a factory boss, who promised the old, lonely lady a decent funeral.
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