Drama, Action
A short film about a man, a forest run, a girl, an accident and a tea shop. Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Originally written for Montreal's M60 film festival in August 2012--The theme was "faux pas". The literal interpretation was chosen to avoid the cliche. This is the director's cut, released and showcased at Montreal's Broue Pub Brouhaha in June 2013.
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Zerschmetterte Träume - Eine Liebe in Fesseln
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IMDB 6.8 | May , 1981
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IMDB 7.1 | Sep , 1992
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2016
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IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 2004
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IMDB 5.3 | Jun , 2007
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IMDB 5 | Jul , 2016
17-year-old Claire spends her vacation in South Africa with her family, when a tragic accident takes the lives of her parents and younger brother. By a stroke of luck, Claire survives, but finds herself alone, far from home in a country where everything is unfamiliar and intense. Distraught and consumed by guilt in the belief that she is somehow responsible for the death of her family, she runs away and decides to let fate, which saved her from death, guide her from now on.Ultra Woman
IMDB 6 | Aug , 2020
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