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Feb 2024
35m 57s

Neon’s Horror Subversion ‘Handling the U...

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How do we deal with losing someone we love? Is it even possible to move on? These questions are explored in Handling the Undead, a film that meditates on topics such as grief and loss and the impossible wish of wanting the past to become the present. Handling the Undead, which is based on the best-selling Norwegian novel of the same name, premiered at the 20 ... Show More
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