Felicity Huffman, Olga Petsa & Eric Johnson Cast In ‘The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy’ Lifetime Movie
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Felicity Huffman (Criminal Minds), Olga Petsa (I Used To Be Funny) and Eric Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) are set to star in The 13th Wife: Escaping Polygamy, a two-part original movie at Lifetime.
The film is based on the extraordinary true story of Rena Chynoweth (played byHuffman as present day Rena andPetsa as young Rena), a brave survivor and former wife of a manipulative polygamist group leader, who escaped a life of oppression and dedicated herself to freeing others.
When Rena and her family arrive in Colonia Le Baron, a secluded polygamist Mormon settlement in Mexico, they are commanded to relinquish all their earthly possessions and devote themselves to the doctrines of the LeBaron brothers, Ervil (Johnson) and Joel.
However, as the brothers’ insatiable thirst for power ignites growing discord, the community fractures, and Rena’s family aligns with Ervil.
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