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.
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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