Saint Judy

Judy Wood is a lawyer and single mother who moves to Los Angeles and begins working at an immigration law firm. She soon finds herself drawn to the case of Asefa, an Afghan woman who was forced to flee her country and is being held in a detention center where she is kept drugged to a state of near catatonia. Judy is determined to help Asefa and make a case for her asylum. When her boss, who wanted her to make short work of the case fires her, Judy starts her own firm. She takes on Asefa’s cause, and it becomes a landmark case that will change the laws of asylum for women coming into the United States.

Rating

PG-13

Release Year

2019

Duration

01:45

Genres

Drama

Director

Sean Hanish

Cast

Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common