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Career Girls(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-06-01
66%
85 Votes
Time: 1h 27m
All Hannah wanted was a roommate... instead she got a best friend.
Overview:
A young college student in London moves into a flat and becomes best friends with a flatmate; the former moves into her own flat 4 years later but 6 years after their parting, the former returns to London to pay the latter a visit.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Matrix Films & Television
Movie: Career Girls
Top 8 Billed Cast
Katrin Cartlidge
Hannah Mills
Mark Benton
Ricky Burton
Andy Serkis
Mr. Evans
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