

Work in Progress(2001)
An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.


Movie: Work in Progress

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An author spends a year and a half filming what happens as a new apartment building is built in a neighborhood of Barcelona.
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2001-10-19
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