After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage during a match, a boxer fights against all odds to make her return to the ring.
Maria och skuggan is of 0 hour(s) and 59 minute(s). It is Produced By: WG Film AB, SVT. It was released on 2013-09-17.
Genres: Documentary
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