Falling in love and living to tell her tale. - A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
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Title: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Release Date: 28 Oct 2015
Runtime: 40m
Genre: Documentary
Director: HBO Documentary Films
Production Companies: HBO Documentary Films
Overview: A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.
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