Sesheia

Sesheia

· Comedy

Set to be a fictitious film in the vein of A Little Testament where actors are not or rarely seen and only heard through voice-over, recounting the story of the young girl Sesheia who lives on a post-apocalyptic earth and has to go on a perilous journey whilst learning of the world's past and present.

Directed by Willem van der Zanden

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