The Benefit of Being Happy(2020)
During an electro party, Antoine isolates himself in a vast living room. He is visited by four people; friends, confidants, chimeras - visions. Throughout their exchanges, tinted with their clumsiness and their tenderness, we might be witnessing the last twenty minutes of this young man’s life.
Movie: The Benefit of Being Happy
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During an electro party, Antoine isolates himself in a vast living room. He is visited by four people; friends, confidants, chimeras - visions. Throughout their exchanges, tinted with their clumsiness and their tenderness, we might be witnessing the last twenty minutes of this young man’s life.
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2020-11-25
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