Verônica

Verônica

A lesson in survival.

2009 · 90 min · ★ 7.2 · Action, Crime

When a teacher takes one of her students to his home in the slum, she discovers that drug traffickers have killed the child's parents and are looking for the boy.

Directed by Maurício Farias · Written by Maurício Farias

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