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202683 minPGdocumentary

Like a Fortress

202683 minPGdocumentary

Lou Colpé returns to Charleroi after her partner's sudden disappearance in Corsica, transforming their home into a sanctuary for her survival.

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Lou Colpé returns to Charleroi after her partner's sudden disappearance in Corsica, transforming their home into a sanctuary for her survival.

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After the sudden disappearance of her partner one summer in Corsica, Lou Colpé returns to Charleroi. Their home, a place where the absence is tangible, is transformed into a sanctuary. Everything there becomes a treasure and a ritual. She films what is reinvented every day: her survival.

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