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Thom Carter
- Mar 9, 2021
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
In chapter five of Franz Kafka’s The Trial, Joseph K. is passing along a corridor in his office when he happens upon a storage closet...
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Sally Roberts
- Mar 7, 2021
SHORT FOCUS 2019: August Sun [Franco Volpi, Argentina, 2018]
August Sun achieves what many short filmmakers try and fail to do: high emotional impact.
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