Shooting Watermelons
An anxious young man struggles to accept his vulnerabilities whilst on holiday in an upper-class summer residence in Sardinia with his overtly masculine family.
An anxious young man struggles to accept his vulnerabilities whilst on holiday in an upper-class summer residence in Sardinia with his overtly masculine family.
Luca Lacerenza
Federico Citterio
Luigi Di Fiore
Aurelio Citterio
Sebastian Balzarolo
Saverio Citterio
David Agranov
Fritz
Alessandra Sarno
Cordelia Citterio
Selene Rosiello
Brigitte
Tom Orton
Karl
An anxious young man struggles to accept his vulnerabilities whilst on holiday in an upper-class summer residence in Sardinia with his overtly masculine family.
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