

Sad Beauty
2020-07-01 · 10 min · ★ 5.7
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
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- Arjan Brentjes
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- Netherlands
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- Released
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