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The Rare Event

5.0201848mMovieDocumentary

Shot in a creaky, wooden-floored Parisian recording studio at an inaugural three-day “forum of ideas” focusing on the manifold possibilities of “Resistance”, the film initially appears to be a structuralist document of a philosophical discussion in-the-round.

DirectorsBen Russell·Ben Rivers

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The Rare Event — streaming FAQ

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The Rare Event isn't streaming anywhere in Australia yet.

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The Rare Event hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around April 16, 2018. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.