CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

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The Pearl Button posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE2015 1h 22m FRA

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01 / THE STORY

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Patricio Guzmán

Patricio Guzmán

Narrator (voice)