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40 Days to Learn Film
40 Days to Learn Film

40 Days to Learn Film

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Documentary

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For just forty days, filmmaker and writer Mark Cousins embarks on a peculiar journey in order to explore topics as the passion for cinema and certain aspects related to making films as style, ideas, emotions and practicalities; an ambitious exploration of the universal language of cinema by analyzing pieces of work that cross every artistic and cultural boundaries.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

137 mins

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Release Date

10 April 2020

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Mark Cousins

Mark Cousins

Self - Narrator (voice)

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