"Nothing to be done."
Absurdist Short Film Directed and Produced by Hugo Primbs, starring Brunelle Dias.
Social & External
The people behind it
Brunelle Dias
The Person
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A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
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A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
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