Duc Joie Tran

06 May 09
SFIFF52: Innocence Unprotected
Duc Joie Tran
Above: Philippe Falardeau's It's Not Me, I Swear. Judging a festival by its trailer—a dictum noticeably absent whenever we speak about this or that festival from Trendytown USA to the reliable global
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- Philippe Falardeau /
- Michelangelo Antonioni /
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