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Natural History

1989-04-12 · 18 min · Not rated

The parents of an adult infant named "Child", played by Todd Haynes, attempt to expel him from their home, by casting magical spell seen in a television documentary about Malaysian rites of passage.

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Directors
Barry Ellsworth
Production companies
Apparatus Productions
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United States of America
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Released

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Todd HaynesTodd HaynesChild

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