

Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present?
2016-09-09 · 4 min · Not rated
The period of time we find hardest to inhabit is the present; for a range of powerful reasons we should take on board.
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- Directors
- Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
- Production companies
- Tomatico
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 3,000
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