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Jaime

Jaime

19740h 35min
7.3

Jaime, a poem of suffering and loneliness, describes the existence and pictorial work of a man isolated in a psychiatric hospital.

GenreDocumentary
Production CompaniesCentro Português de Cinema (CPC)
Production CcountriesPortugal

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