Reminiscences (2022)
Genre : Drama, Music
Runtime : 12M
Director : Virginie Brunelle
Synopsis
This dance short film brings three sensual and brutal duets to the screen. Three stories overlap to tell the memory; what remains of the nostalgic feelings of their union. The choreographies sublimate the cracks that human experience generates and which settle in us like so many emotional vestiges.
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