Deadly Approval

Deadly Approval

Deadly Approval

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Deadly Approval

2025

0h 19m

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Drama

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Christiana, a determined university student, faces a dark spiral of challenges when her supervisor demands an unethical favor for her project approval, leaving her homeless and unsupported.

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