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The Life of Esteban

The Life of Esteban

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2017
0h 16m
2.0(1 votes)
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Esteban, a future Olympic swimmer, has grown up with a single mother and doesn't know who his father is. As he searches for his identity in this poetic short film, he determines swimming is a metaphor for life itself.

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