CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 2008
Medicine for Melancholy posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2008 1h 28m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Medicine for Melancholy

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Keep the feeling.

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CURATING YOUR NEXT FRAME

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Wyatt Cenac

Micah

Brent Weinbach

Waiter