A Life of Her Own

A Life of Her Own

Lana...as Lily James...a girl who knew what she wanted...and almost got it!

1950108 min5.3 / 10

A mid-century melodrama about ambition, desire, and the moral compromises of a woman caught between professional success and a doomed affair with a married man.

A young woman from Kansas moves to New York City, becomes highly successful at a prestigious modeling agency, and falls in love with a married man.

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