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Escape

"How do you Escape?"

2024

0h 15m

7.0(1 votes)

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Comedy

Overview

An experimental short film that follows a man who arrives home alone during the holidays after a long day of work. Finding himself consumed by his loneliness he looks for a way to escape.

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Gabe Cranford

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Directed by: Gabe Cranford
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