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Ortolan

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Ortolan

Apr 21, 2023

0h 25m

★ 0.0

Lies are like stars, they always come out.

Overview

On the night of their mother’s wake, three estranged sisters divide their childhood home over a pot of magic mushroom tea while a family secret boils to the surface. A story about the tenuousness of memory, buried trauma, food... and psychedelics.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Minoan Pictures

One Inch Punch Films

Ortolan Trailers

Cast

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Mother

Victoria Grove

Richard Rowden

Father

Richard Rowden

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Dorothy

Pippa Conway

Marianne Chase

Ann

Marianne Chase

Kate Winter

Jean

Kate Winter

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