A Great Lamp

A Great Lamp

2019 · 76 min · ★ 6.5 · Drama

Two sad vandals and an unemployed loner await a fabled rocket launch as they roam the wasted spaces and unused corners of a North Carolina river town.

Directed by Saad Qureshi · Written by Donald R. Monroe

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