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Mama Illegal

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They gave the smugglers all their money and risk their life on their journey across borders: Three women from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria as cleaning women. On top of their hard job they live a life in illegality without documents, far away from their children and family for years.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2012-09-28

Runtime: 95 mins

Director: Ed Moschitz

Writer: Ed Moschitz

Spoken language: Deutsch, Pусский

Genres: Documentary

Original title: Mama Illegal

Production Companies: Golden Girls Filmproduktion

Production Countries: Austria

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