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Overview

An elegy to time and life, condensing Terence Davies' profoundly humane poetics into little more than one minute, enveloping the viewer in an atmosphere of light and (Davies' own) words.

Cast: Terence Davies, Peter Capaldi, Richard Goulding

Director: Terence Davies

Genres: Drama

Cast

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