A Better Place Than This

A lonely Singaporean death row guard tries to help a young Australian convicted of drug trafficking accept her fate despite a bizarre contradiction - he is her executioner.

2013

0h 24min

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Top Billed Cast

Reza Sixo Safai
The Hangman
Tania Nolan
Sophie
Alexandre Chen
Liu
Kamil Haque
Fandi
Archie Kao
Chen Wei
Kamuela Kim
Terrence
Jonathan Oldham
Thomas
Wendy Wilkins
Sophie's Mum

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