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The Free World(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-09-23
61%
57 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Only love can truly set us free.
Overview:
Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Untitled Entertainment
Revelstoke Productions
Movie: The Free World
Top 10 Billed Cast
Boyd Holbrook
Mohamed Lundy
Elisabeth Moss
Doris Long
Octavia Spencer
Linda Workman
Sung Kang
Detective Shin
Waleed Zuaiter
Khalil
Stephen Louis Grush
John Long
Dane Rhodes
Marty
Austin Amelio
Frankie
Vivian Fleming-Alvarez
Officer Alvarez
Frederick Weller
Officer Ryan
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Overview
Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
Release Date
2016-09-23
Average
6.1
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
Only love can truly set us free.
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