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Nick just got back home after spending three months at a therapy centre. He is determined to leave all the pain inflicted by his previous love behind. But after one night back, Nick goes out with his two friends and catch up in a local bar. Little he knows that across the room he will see love again, shyly smiling at him, trying to reach him with a sweet gaze.
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Nick just got back home after spending three months at a therapy centre. He is determined to leave all the pain inflicted by his previous love behind. But after one night back, Nick goes out with his two friends and catch up in a local bar. Little he knows that across the room he will see love again, shyly smiling at him, trying to reach him with a sweet gaze.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Antony Rangel Coll
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