The PhD

The PhD

The PhD

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The PhD

2020

0h 20m

1.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A romantic dinner turns into a ludicrous disaster when Bruno, an anxious psychology student, has to lie to his control-freak boyfriend about what really happened during his PhD's entrance interview earlier that day.

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3 members

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Félix Emmanuel

Bruno

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Charles-Aubey Houde

Jonathan

Charles-Aubey Houde

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Zoé Lajeunesse-Guy

Mathilde

Zoé Lajeunesse-Guy

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