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β 10 Β· 2019 Β· 14m Β· Drama Β· War
A young actress dreams of getting the chance to prove herself on the big screen. Hit by rejection after rejection she finally gives up, only to put her fate into her own hands, when the director of her latest casting gets in her taxi.
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