Cerebella

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Cerebella

"A young woman's journey into the realms of sleep deprivation"

2009

0h 7m

3.0(1 votes)

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A young woman gets a hotel room and contends with sleep deprivation. The second in Adam Wingard's "Forgot My Meds" trilogy of short films.

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Amanda Crawford

Alex Justinger

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Directed by: Adam Wingard
Written by: Adam Wingard
E.L. Katz
Produced by: Alex Justinger

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