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Dreamgirls (2006)

★ 6.7 · 1,077 ratings on TMDB

All you have to do is dream.

Dreamgirls poster★ 6.7

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

DirectorBill Condon
CastAnika Noni Rose, Beyoncé, Danny Glover, Eddie Murphy, Hinton Battle, Jamie Foxx
GenresDrama, Music
The emergence reading

Dreamgirls keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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