The Story of Temple Drake
I CAN NEVER FACE THE WORLD AGAIN!
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A harrowing pre-Code drama that unflinchingly depicts sexual violence and its aftermath, trapping a woman between trauma and social ruin.
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
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