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Spring

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret. As the two grow closer, the secret is revealed.

Spring
Official Website
Cast:

Lou Taylor Pucci
Nadia Hilker

Director:
Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead

Producer:
Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, David Clarke Lawson Jr.

Written by:
Justin Benson

Distributor:
Drafthouse Films, FilmBuff

Box Office:
$46,226

Metacritic Score:
69

Rotten Tomatoes Score:
89%

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