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Past Perfect

Leaving October 31 • 24m

Directed by Jorge Jácome • 2019 • Portugal

Jorge Jácome’s hypnotic video essay sets a gauzy kaleidoscope of images to a philosophical rumination on the crushing malaise of our present age and the indistinct longing for a return to the past.

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