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But Why?

2021· 0h 2m

Drama

Directed by Terence Davies

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Overview

An elegy to time and life, condensing Terence Davies' profoundly humane poetics into little more than one minute, enveloping the viewer in an atmosphere of light and (Davies' own) words.

Cast

Terence Davies

Terence Davies

Narrator (voice)

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

Older Man (uncredited)

Richard Goulding

Richard Goulding

Younger Man (uncredited)

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