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201717 minPGdoc-short

Banal

201717 minPGdoc-short

Bruna Pavesi's self-documentary examines emotional voids and the theme of self-discovery through her personal experiences and reflections.

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Bruna Pavesi's self-documentary examines emotional voids and the theme of self-discovery through her personal experiences and reflections.

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Banal is a process of self-discovery of the silence that exists in each of us. Through a self-documentary, a filmmaker Bruna Pavesi purges all feelings loaded without any emptiness that inhabits.

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