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This earnest Canadian film depicts a summer idyll of a love between two women. They spend their time talking about what love is, and discussing what that implies concerning actions they have taken or failed to take as they move about in the woodland or in the farmhouse they have rented. They are also briefly shown making love.
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This earnest Canadian film depicts a summer idyll of a love between two women. They spend their time talking about what love is, and discussing what that implies concerning actions they have taken or failed to take as they move about in the woodland or in the farmhouse they have rented. They are also briefly shown making love.
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