Little Secrets (2006 film)

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Little Secrets (Perl oder Pica) is a 2006 Luxembourgish film directed by Pol Cruchten. It was Luxembourg's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. [1] [2]

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