Mesmerized
An arranged marriage. A deranged murder.
A dark psychological drama about a vulnerable orphan trapped in a predatory marriage with a controlling, voyeuristic older man in turn-of-the-century New Zealand.
An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.
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