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Towelhead

Sep 12, 2008 | IMDB 6.2

111 min Watch Now

Drama

A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

Casts
Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Eugene Jones III, Lynn Collins, Chase Ellison, Matt Letscher, Chris Messina

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