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Insight

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Insight

"You are more than your mind's puppet"

2024

0h 3m

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Overview

A depressed puppet stumbles into a surreal, nightmarish world in search of enlightenment. But this enlightenment may come at a cost, one that defies fragile puppet flesh.

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Ben Stansbery

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Directed by: Ben Stansbery

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