Civil Service(2025)
She just wanted help, all she got was...Civil Service.
Civil Service follows a single man in charge of "family services" through a typical workday as he denies requests for government assistance while being confronted by his psyche in the form of his dead mother.
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Civil Service follows a single man in charge of "family services" through a typical workday as he denies requests for government assistance while being confronted by his psyche in the form of his dead mother.
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2025-07-26
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She just wanted help, all she got was...Civil Service.
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