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It was only thanks to an 11th-hour protest by an MP and the Eye that Paul
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A stark uncompromising look at the realities of domestic violence, Charles Harris' unflinching drama knits together seven monologues told directly to camera highlighting the nature and psychology surrounding abuse from completely different
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