
The PhD
2020-11-14 · 20 min · ★ 1.0
A romantic dinner turns into a ludicrous disaster when Bruno, an anxious psychology student, has to lie to his control-freak boyfriend about what really happened during his PhD's entrance interview earlier that day.
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- Directors
- Maxime S. Girard
- Production companies
- Sarbacane Films, Newton's Cradle
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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Charles-Aubey HoudeJonathan
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