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1985

Country: United States, Language: English, 8 mins

  • Director: Yen Tan
  • Writer: Yen Tan
  • Producer: Chris Durham; Kim Hughes

CGiii Comment

A monumentally moving and dignified film.

Simply...brilliant.


Watch...

1985 from Yen Tan on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

A dying man hires a beauty consultant to help hide his symptoms as he prepares to move in with his estranged mother.

Cast & Characters

Allyn Carrell;
Chris Gardner;
Lindsay Pulsipher;
Robert Sella as Adrian