
Persephone Mara
2024-02-17 · 10 min · ★ 5.0
A short romance about two adolescents named Persephone and Mara, who decide to escape from the world around them by locking themselves away in an old projector room at the Cinematheque.
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- Directors
- Beau Han Bridge
- Production companies
- YuanBeau Productions Inc., Midtwenties Theatre Society
- Countries
- Unavailable
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 2,500
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