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The Volunteer

  • Drama

June 20, 2013 (US)

1h 36m

Is That All There Is?

After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog until she decides to volunteer at a soup kitchen. There she meets Ethan, a homeless man with whom she begins an electric, but turbulent affair.

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