The Girl Who Saved My Life (2016)
• February 2nd, 2016 • 1h 19min
Documentary
Overview
When a documentary filmmaker returns to his native Kurdistan to document the refugees fleeing ISIS, he happens upon an abandoned 11-year-old girl lying in pain in the scorching heat and makes a fateful decision, which ends up shaping both their lives.
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