The Canterbury Tales (2003) | The Sea Captain’s Tale

Duration: 58'54''

Synopsis

Meena, the spoilt wife of a wealthy Asian mobster, owes money to her jeweller. Desperate her husband should not know, she borrows from his nephew in return for sexual favours.

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