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The Chocolate Acrobat

LGBTQIA+ • Fantasy, LGBT, Short Films, UR

Etta is an elderly acrobat incarcerated in a care home. One night, a ghostly presence brings Etta into contact with Alice, a young night nurse. Etta discovers that Alice's touch brings ecstatic, disturbing memories to life, but Alice has a morbid fear of physical contact.

Tags
Ghosts, Memory, Lesbians, Old People
Cast
Sasha Hails Alice Motley
Helen Schlesinger Augusta Golightly
Crew
Tessa Sheridan director

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