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The Farmer's Wife

Sep 21, 1998 | IMDB 0

390 min Watch Now

Documentary, TV Movie

A landmark portrait of three tumultuous years in the life of a Nebraska farm couple, chronicling three years of their struggle to save their farm and their marriage.

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