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Paris, Brixton
Breaking Bad’s Laura Fraser stars in this delightful short about a student who falls in love with a burglar.
Romance 1997 13 mins
Overview
Laura Fraser and Ben Miles star in this short and sweet Brit rom-com with a nod to the French New Wave. Amanda is a student obsessed with all things French. Holed up with the flu in her Brixton flat, she is awoken in the dead of night by a burglar who's broken into the wrong house. Amanda falls in love with the intruder but as their love blooms, her flat becomes filled with stolen goods.
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