Bare Romance

Bare Romance

2014 · 30 min · Drama

A woman awaits the arrival of a man. They don’t know one another. The only string between them is the engagement to meet and make use of each other. In an empty house in the woods they are faced with their search for love and their ambivalent sexuality. Bare Romance shows the minimal, raw aesthetic of the waywardly loving body.

Directed by Karel Tuytschaever · Written by Karel Tuytschaever

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