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The Poet and the Professor
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The Poet and the Professor

2017-05-04 · 24 min · Not rated

Romance · Comedy

Ariel, an insecure writer tortured by her own desires, can’t seem to stop seeing “The Poet,” an older, volatile cinematographer who pursues his ‘art’ while taking full advantage of his rich girlfriend’s beautiful New York apartment. Ariel also can’t stop herself from loving her own professor, a depressed, married, struggling adjunct obsessed with postmodernism and addicted to pills.

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Ariel Kavoussi
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Ariel KavoussiAriel KavoussiAriel
Kevin CorriganKevin CorriganThe Poet
Bob ByingtonBob ByingtonThe Professor

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