Lumen

DIRECTOR(S):
Stéphanie Bélanger
LANGUAGE:
French
SYNOPSIS:

It has been raining heavily for months, and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness, Claude, 70 years old, compulsively buys lamps online to break his solitude and bring light into his life, at any cost.

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It has been raining heavily for months, and the sixth wave is depressing humanity. In this prevailing darkness...
13 min | Stéphanie Bélanger | French
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