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Labor of Love (1984) | Slate

Rated 9.0 on TMDB

Labor of Love

A young labor organizer leaves Ottawa for New Brunswick to settle a strike of five garage workers.

Released: 1984
Runtime: 1h 30m

Direction and writing

René BonnièreDirector

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