

The Free World
2016-09-23 · 100 min · ★ 6.2
Following his release from a brutal stretch in prison for crimes he didn't commit, Mo is struggling to adapt to life on the outside. When his world collides with Doris, a mysterious woman with a violent past, he decides to risk his newfound freedom to keep her in his life.
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- Directors
- Jason Lew
- Production companies
- Untitled Entertainment, Revelstoke Productions
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Boyd HolbrookMohamed Lundy
Elisabeth MossDoris Long
Octavia SpencerLinda Workman
Sung KangDetective Shin
Waleed ZuaiterKhalil
Stephen Louis GrushJohn Long
Dane RhodesMarty
Austin AmelioFrankie
Vivian Fleming-AlvarezOfficer Alvarez
Frederick WellerOfficer Ryan
James Moses BlackOfficer Smith
Jean Claude LeuyerRufus
Sue-Lynn AnsariDiner Waitress
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