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The film adaptation of Del Shores’ hit play. Under the thumb of her abusive husband, post-middle age Willadean feels life has passed her by until she makes some unlikely friends. Del Shores adapts this uplifting story from his play “The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.”
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