AN OCEAN

Mar 27, 2021 | IMDB 0

18 min Watch Now

Documentary

The trembling starts in his neck when Markus gets closer to the images that have chased him for 49 years. Now he steers his motor home south, as far away from his past as possible.

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Markus Diegmann, Picasso

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