Pierino (2018)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 0M
Director : Luca Ferri
Writer : Luca Ferri, Stefano P. Testa
Synopsis
This documentary is the result of a series of visits the filmmaker makes over the course of a year to the house of Pierino, a cinephile and a fascinatingly organized man.
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