Intimate Power

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Intimate Power ★★½ 1989 (R)

True story of French schoolgirl sold into slavery to an Ottoman sultan who becomes the harem queen. She bears an heir and begins to teach her son about his people's rights, in the hope that he will bring about reform in Turkey where he grows up to be a sultan. Good cast supports the exotic storytelling in this cable drama. 104m/C VHS, DVD . F. Murray Abraham, Maud Adams, Amber O'Shea; D: Jack Smight. CABLE

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