A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
Monster's Ball is of 1 hour(s) and 53 minute(s). It is Produced By: Lions Gate Films, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Lionsgate. It was released on 2001-06-07. It has the tagline: A lifetime of change can happen in a single moment. It has an average vote of 6.765 on TMDB.
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