The Painter
Jun 28 2024
•0h 5m
•Drama, Fantasy
A teen girl, trapped by the normalised pressures of academia, decides to rebel in order to pursue her passion through artistic expression and escape the wrath of her overbearing maths teacher.
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Alice Dalley
Luna Barden
Jamie Lightfoot
Student 1
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