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The Sleeping Dictionary

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The Sleeping Dictionary
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1hr 49min
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2002
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New Line Home Video
Synopsis: Guy Jenkin directs this straight-to-video romantic drama shot on-location in Malaysia. In the rainforests of Boreno in the 1930s, English officer John Truscott (Hugh Dancy) accepts a position to colonize the native population of Sarawak at the request of the British government. In following with the native tradition, he is given the services of a servant, Selima (Jessica Alba). A position that British officers refer to as a "sleeping dictionary," she is a concubine to share his bed and teach him ... Full Synopsis
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John Truscott
Selima
Henry Bullard
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