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2012 · 68m · Documentary
Armed with a GoPro digital micro camera, a Canon 5D, and an iPhone, Gipi recounts his first ten days as a smoker who decided to quit. Filming himself throughout the day, he records first the amusing delirium of the beginning, then the side effects of withdrawal, and finally his reflections on the decision to poison himself, during a trip with some friends in search of the places where the desire for that first cigarette was born.
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