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Round and Round
One autumn afternoon, Sana and Asa meet again in the park where they used to play. Their time together, beginning with light-hearted conversation, sets in motion memories that had been frozen for ten years. A story of two people and two ‘confessions’, told through a single, fixed-angle shot.
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One autumn afternoon, Sana and Asa meet again in the park where they used to play. Their time together, beginning with light-hearted conversation, sets in motion memories that had been frozen for ten years. A story of two people and two ‘confessions’, told through a single, fixed-angle shot.
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