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ESSEX GIRLS

t was just memories and stories. And then I just glued them together,’ says Sacha Polak, the Dutch director back with her second English-set feature, . The first, acclaimed 2019 drama , starred real-life burns survivor Vicky Knight as a woman overcoming severe injuries. Such was the], we were on planes and just chilling with each other,’ explains Knight. ‘We were talking about my life experience. She told me hers. And that's how the script came about.’

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