Plants
Do you think plants could have souls? That we might even be able to talk to them?
2016 · 93 min · ★ 4.7 · Drama
For a whole summer, 17-year-old Florencia has to look after her brother, who is trapped in a persistent vegetative state. From time to time she reads to him from a comic about plant souls that take control of human bodies at full moon.
Directed by Roberto Doveris · Written by Roberto Doveris
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Juan Cano - S Simone Mercado
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