Someone's Trying to Get in(2024)
A Haitian asylum seeker flees an immigration camp, unknowingly approaching a house owned by a paranoid blue-collar worker.
Movie: Someone's Trying to Get in
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A Haitian asylum seeker flees an immigration camp, unknowingly approaching a house owned by a paranoid blue-collar worker.
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2024-02-13
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