The Male Gaze: Reality Bites
2025 · 1h 39m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Denis Liakhov
,
Ralph Somma
,
Felipa Saraiva
,
Bárbara Moreno Turcott
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The Male Gaze: Reality Bites
Overview
There exists a line between resistance and satisfaction, faith and sin, pleasure and danger. These six short films explore how in all our lives, there exists the temptation to cross that line.
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