
Skin(2009)
Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
“You know the odds. But not the truth”
You know the odds. But not the truth.

Mark Strong

Ian McDiarmid
The Odds is a drama film released in 2009. Directed by Paloma Baeza, it stars Mark Strong, Ian McDiarmid. You know the odds. But not the truth.
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