Movie: Face's a Verb

Top 4 Billed Cast

Tong Yao
童瑶

Song Yang
宋洋

Zhou Yiwei
周一围

Ai Liya
艾丽娅

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    An anthology film of seven short films made during the Training Camp of FIRST Film Festival 2021.

  • Release Date

    2021-07-31

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    6.7

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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