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1999-01-01 · 8 min · Not rated
Year 2061. Everyone has left Earth. A figure is sent back to Earth to check on the situation. Are they the same elements, do the history chips work? Slowly, something begins to happen, a ritual to evocative rhythmic music. There is a threat... - it comes from within. Gradually, a trance-like state arises, where the figure meets its dark side.
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- Håkan Berthas
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- Sweden
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