The Ballad of Little Jo

The Ballad of Little Jo

In the Wild West, a woman had only two choices. She could be a wife or she could be a whore... Josephine Monaghan chose to be a man.

1993121 min6.1 / 10

A gritty, introspective Western about a woman's survival through radical self-reinvention, exploring identity, belonging, and the cost of freedom in a hostile frontier.

After being thrown out of her home, a young woman decides to disguise herself as a man to survive the ruthless Wild West.

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