Porcupine

Oct 21, 2023

0h 13m

★ 10.0

Overview

Porcupine evokes the fragmented tale of a young man who breaks into an empty hospital to set up his online broadcast of poses and provocations; his audience includes real-life participants with anonymous tags like ‘bigballnz’ and ‘romeoazteca’.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dérives

New Asian Filmakers Collective

Levo Films

Porcupine Trailers

Cast

Trương Minh Quý

Nicole Bonew

(voice)

Anne-Marie Loop

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Porcupine

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