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This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy
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Great Expectations
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Querelle
A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug-smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discovery that will change him forever from the man he once was.
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Tigerland
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