''A Child From the South'' was a 1991

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movie about a Nadia (played by

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), a young

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, in political exile from

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since her father's

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twenty years earlier and her return to cover a

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conference. It was written by Chris Austin, Gill Bond and Leyga Zendare and directed by Sergio Rezende.

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* Child From the South, A 1991 drama films British drama films 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{1990s-UK-film-stub