"D'you know I've been coming here for 20 years?"
In the City of Saints, a woman's prayer gets painted and a failed cinematographer soothes his bitterness by uploading his recordings of film screenings for pay.
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The people behind it
Marianna Kasimakis
Ελένη / Eleni
Gabriel Vidal
Gabriel
Miles Shore
Frugal Angel
Darius Csiky
Boston Keaton
Amir Barzegar
امير / Amir
Cato Ono
Tati
Maya Ricci
Rexhan
Laryssa Marion
Vera
Colin Kerekes
Isaac (archive footage)
Gabor Csiky
Self (archive footage)
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