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Anna Comes Home (2024)
Anna is a freshman at Berkeley struggling to find meaning in her life when she matches on a dating app with Ben, her high school crush. After one date she follows him back to their hometown for a long weekend, and pursues him to the detriment of everything else in her life. As real life repercussions start to set in, Anna becomes more self-involved until finally she realizes she doesn't really know herself at all.
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Anna is a freshman at Berkeley struggling to find meaning in her life when she matches on a dating app with Ben, her high school crush. After one date she follows him back to their hometown for a long weekend, and pursues him to the detriment of everything else in her life. As real life repercussions start to set in, Anna becomes more self-involved until finally she realizes she doesn't really know herself at all.
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Genre:Drama, Comedy, Romance
Written By:Amber Suzor
In Theaters:10/18/2024
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Runtime:95 minutes
Studio:Insufficient Funds, La Petite Maison Productions
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