Practice Funeral

Practice Funeral

Practice Funeral

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Practice Funeral

2019

0h 14m

0.5(1 votes)

Drama

Overview

After teenage Ben comes to the realization that his stage 4 testicular cancer is terminal, he decides to throw a "practice funeral" as one final hurrah before the end of his young life.

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University of Southern California

Cast & Crew

8 members

Acting

Ben Hirschhorn

George

Ben Hirschhorn

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Rachel Christianson

Nora

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Dylan Field

Kyle

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Nicole Jia

Caroline

Nicole Jia

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Sophia Konat

Andrea

Sophia Konat

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Evan Macedo

Brendan

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Manny Spero

Paul

Manny Spero

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Miles Fowler

Mark

Miles Fowler

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