Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Mar 07, 2008 | IMDB 6.8
92 min Watch NowDrama, Comedy, Romance
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
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