Bodysong

Name: Bodysong
Director: Simon Pummell
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2003-12-05
Rating: 5.6

2003 · 83 min · ★ 5.6 · Documentary

Documentary footage from various sources, set to music. Showing the whole of human life, from birth to death and beyond.

Directed by Simon Pummell · Written by Simon Pummell

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