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Butterflies Can't Swim
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Butterflies Can't Swim

Dec 7, 2019
0h 13m
★ 0.0

Overview

Nabil has to deal with his fear of water caused by a trauma he had, which he tries, day after day, to fight.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Filippo Floramo

Nabil

Filippo Floramo

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