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Clinging to Air

Clinging to Air

What's the price to keep on living?

2023 · 14 min · Drama

After spending 25 years as a domestic worker, Edilsa faces the reality of unemployment in an era where all the rules seem to have changed.

Directed by Roberto Thomas-Díaz · Written by Roberto Thomas-Díaz

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