Walk On Water If You Can

Walk On Water If You Can

1979 · 100 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama

Literature graduate Orlando begins a love affair with the Foreign Ministry official Anders. She follows him to Argentina. There she learns that he is already married.

Directed by Stig Björkman · Written by Sun Axelsson

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