Upon Her Lips: Hold Me Tight

Upon Her Lips: Hold Me Tight

2024 · 94 min · ★ 2.0 · Drama

Escaping a religious community, receiving mixed messages from a much younger call girl, a one night stand that breeds results and a frantic wait for a baby on the way. What connects these uplifting stories is the all too human desire to embrace the future when the present is in doubt.

Directed by Alice Douard

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Clotilde Hesme Céline (segment "L'Attente")
Laetitia Dosch Jeanne (segment "L'Attente")
Enuka Okuma Annabelle (segment "Woman Meets Girl")
Dagny Backer Johnsen Noora (segment "Noora")
Maddie Rice Sophie (segment "Grace and Sophie")

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