Acts of Love

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Acts of Love

2021

1h 11m

4.4(7 votes)

Documentary

Romance

Comedy

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When his older boyfriend loses interest in him, the filmmaker relocates to Chicago and uses dating apps to cast new lovers in an amorphous project that his mother hates.

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