Dead & Beautiful | |
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Directed by | David Verbeek |
Written by | David Verbeek Hugh Travers |
Produced by | Erik Glijnis Leontine Petit |
Starring | Gijs Blom Aviis Zhong |
Cinematography | Jasper Wolf |
Edited by | Axel Skovdal Roelofs |
Music by | Rutger Reijnders |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | Netherlands Taiwan |
Languages | English Mandarin Chinese |
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