CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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Encounters at the End of the World posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

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MOVIE2007 1h 39m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Film-maker Werner Herzog travels to the McMurdo Station in Antarctica, looking to capture the continent's beauty and investigate the characters living there.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog

Narrator (voice)