A Better Place Than This

A Better Place Than This

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2013
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A lonely Singaporean death row guard tries to help a young Australian convicted of drug trafficking accept her fate despite a bizarre contradiction - he is her executioner.

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University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts

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