

Porcupine
2023-10-21 · 13 min · ★ 10.0
Porcupine evokes the fragmented tale of a young man who breaks into an empty hospital to set up his online broadcast of poses and provocations; his audience includes real-life participants with anonymous tags like ‘bigballnz’ and ‘romeoazteca’.
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- Directors
- Trương Minh Quý, Nicolas Graux
- Production companies
- Dérives, New Asian Filmakers Collective, Levo Films
- Countries
- Belgium, Singapore, Vietnam
- Status
- Released
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