Shadow: A Parable

Shadow: A Parable

2021•9m•6.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(1)

In the story of a mere moment, “Shadow” peeks into the room where seven spirits toast one another while a gruesome plague ravishes the streets beyond their fastened brass door. Edgar Allan Poe-inspired experimental video shot remotely during Covid lockdown.

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Production

Footnote Four

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Sabrina Mandell

Zoilus / Annabel / Beatrice / Dorothea

Mark Jaster

Husband of Zoilus / Etienne / Cornelius

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