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Slipping Away

Slipping Away

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Slipping Away

2023

0h 13m

8.5(2 votes)

Animation

Overview

In a seaside sanatorium, an old man sees his life turned upside by the arrival of a seagull that he gently tames. When the gull is injured, the old man takes care of it and for a moment finds his childhood soul.

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Gébéka Films

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Christian Desmet

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Sébastien Lemoine

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