
Heart Strings
2016-04-30 · 11 min · Not rated
A struggling insomniac is forced to confront her troubled past when a small red string emerges from under her fingernail. As her oblivious boyfriend pulls it out of her, she finds herself unravelling... literally.
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- Directors
- Julia Jones
- Production companies
- Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
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- United States of America
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- Released
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Thomas McNamaraJames
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