Preludium (2008)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 1H 53M
Director : Johan Melin
Writer : Johan Melin
Synopsis
With a hypnosis session on the outskirts of Copenhagen serving as the collision point for several people's lives, the action quickly escalates in this moving one-shot film.
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