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Karl's Birthday

Synopsis

A girl arrives at her girlfriend's house after going missing for 5 years. She discovers that her girlfriend has become a prostitute and her clients are some of the newly elected Marxist Party leaders.
At first the girl's explanation for her disappearance seems impossible, but by the end of the film we realise her bizarre story might actually be true.
In French with English Sub-titles.
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Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Features
Running time
83 mins 20 seconds
Format
HD
Director
Donald Takeshita-Guy
Producer
Donald Takeshita-Guy
Editor
Tangent Post
Screenwriter
Donald Takeshita-Guy
Director of Photography
William Knight
Principal cast
Lou Tilley, Rapaelle Collou, Swann Vichot

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Swimming Pool Films

79 Paxton Road
London SE23 2QG

Sales Company

Swimming Pool Films

79 Paxton Road
London SE23 2QG

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