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A Poem and a Mistake(2023)
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Date: 2023-02-19
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Graduate student Myrrha, upset that her professor refers to Ovid's Metamorphoses as "being about love", pushes him and suddenly he transforms into a mirror version of herself. As she recollects her relationship with music, sex, and sexual violence, he is transported into Ovid's stories to come to a new understanding.
Languages: English.
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ShoutOut Saugerties
Movie: A Poem and a Mistake
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Sarah Baskin
Myrrha / Not Myrrha / The Gods
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Graduate student Myrrha, upset that her professor refers to Ovid's Metamorphoses as "being about love", pushes him and suddenly he transforms into a mirror version of herself. As she recollects her relationship with music, sex, and sexual violence, he is transported into Ovid's stories to come to a new understanding.
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