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The Lover

5.4199626mMovie

A bereft filmmaker asks a series of women to pose nude for his camera in this striking and moody short film by Belgium's Olivier Smolders. The silent encounters act as counterpoint to a contemplative internal monologue musing on love, loss…

DirectorOlivier Smolders

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Cast · Directed by Olivier Smolders

YDYves Degen
Yves Degen
CGCatherine Grosjean
Catherine Grosjean
ÉP
Éric Pauwels
MR
Mélanie Rullier

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