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21st Century Cinema

The Couple Next Door

11m

Directed by Abbesi Akhamie • 2020 • United States
Starring Baboucarr Camara, Ellie Foumbi, Jennifer Tchiakpe

A single woman’s feelings of loneliness begin to stir when an eccentric African couple moves in to her building.

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