L'étranger
2011 · 3 min · Romance
A station. A boy. A girl. The same book. An exchange of looks and movements that tends to a loving dream with an unexpected ending. A 16 mm black and white exercise made by the author during her first trimester at the London Film School.
Directed by Carla Simón · Written by Carla Simón
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