Little Lips

Little Lips

Love can be a healer but it can also be the most powerful and destructive force on Earth.

1978 · 86 min · ★ 4.9 · Drama

A writer returns home to his estate after service in World War I. He has developed a very bad case of depression due to a war wound concerning his genitalia. He contemplates suicide, but recovers after becoming interested in his caretaker's 12 year-old war orphan niece, who now lives in the manor.

Directed by Mimmo Cattarinich · Written by Mimmo Cattarinich

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