How Brief

How Brief

How Brief

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How Brief

2026

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HOW BRIEF is a disappearing act set over the course of one night in 1962 when a restless woman returns to her childhood home for the last time, inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Connie Converse.

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Tess Degenstein

Foster

Tess Degenstein

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Gray Powell

James

Gray Powell

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Tatiana Maslany

Janie

Tatiana Maslany

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Susinn McFarlen

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