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Acts of Love

Acts of Love

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Acts of Love

2021

1h 11m

4.4(7 votes)

Documentary

Romance

Comedy

Overview

When his older boyfriend loses interest in him, the filmmaker relocates to Chicago and uses dating apps to cast new lovers in an amorphous project that his mother hates.

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Directed by: Isidore Bethel
Francis Leplay
Written by: Isidore Bethel
Francis Leplay
Produced by: Lucie Rego
Pauline Tran Van Lieu

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