An Act of Affection (2020)
• August 12th, 2020 • 0h 16min
Documentary
Overview
While making a portrait of a single gay man in Lisbon, a Vietnamese filmmaker offers his character a little gift from the bottom of his heart. This is a film about the act of filming.
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