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BRAZIL · 1972

The Goddesses

Walter Hugo Khouri
psychological manipulation forbidden romance professional boundaries emotional dependency isolation and retreat
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Synopsis

Psychiatrist lends her country house to patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them.

Year1972
CountryBrazil
DirectorWalter Hugo Khouri
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