The Tender Trap

The Tender Trap

2021 · 90 min · ★ 3.0 · Drama

In 2011 the startling news broke around New Zealand that Sharon Armstrong, a middle-aged grandmother and public servant who worked for the Maori Language Commission had been arrested in Argentina with 5kg of cocaine in her suitcase.

Directed by Sima Urale · Written by Riwia Brown

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