Landing
1997-01-01 · 11 min · Not rated
Landing (1997) is the story of a young Afro-German woman who wakes up to discover that she is invisible... something she has always dreamed of being.
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- Directors
- Branwen Okpako
- Production companies
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- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Dennenesch ZoudéJil
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