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After failing the Bar exam, Kate realizes that law is not for her. With no sense of a life-plan, Kate takes a job house cleaning and at first finds comfort in the repetition and routine of the work, but repetition and routine only go so far... A tragic farce in black-and-white

Cast: Kate Lane, Anthony Bevilacqua, Michael Fiveash, Gracie Lane, Carla Dorato

Director: Nathan Silver

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