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SEAT IN SHADOW Trailer (2017) LGBT - Comedy - Drama - Arthouse
SEAT IN SHADOW is released on DVD/ VOD 25 September Filmed on location in Glasgow SEAT IN SHADOW is the debut feature from writer/ director ...
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Life is one hallucinatory experience after another for psychotherapist and avant-garde artist Albert (David Sillars). Creating dubious art pieces by day and ...
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