Lena
Mar 11 2019
•0h 10m
•Drama
A 9-year-old girl must translate between her American teacher and her Russian father during a confrontation about her trouble assimilating at school.
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Zoey Todorovsky
Lena
Emma Pasarow
Ms. Bell
Konstantin Lavysh
Andrei
Caylie Jones
2nd Grader
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