Film

Bound 1996

Directed by Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski

  • Drama, Thriller, Crime
  • 105 min
  • R

For money. For murder. For each other.

Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

DramaThrillerCrimeinfidelitymoney launderingplumbercrime bossheistlesbian relationshipmafialove affairex-conneo-noirlesbianaffair

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