19 Dec 2016
PYRAMUS & THISBE
In this modern adaptation of the classic Greek myth two young lovers bound by a tragic fate plot to escape their homes to start a new life somewhere far from their families.
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Maxence Mailfort Ulysse
Claude Jade Athene
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