The Many Sad Fates of Mr. Toledano (2015)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 28M

Director : Joshua Seftel

Synopsis

Photographer Phil Toledano has become obsessed with his future. Using DNA tests, fortune tellers, and a prosthetic makeup artist, he begins photographing the many dark possibilities that might await him -- despite his wife's pleas to abandon the project. Over three years, Toledano's obsession alters him and his family forever.

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