Pastries, Freedom, Love: A Malatesta Story full movie. Drama film in Disney Hotstar+

Pastries, Freedom, Love: A Malatesta Story

2021

2 min

A collaborative short film by Airidescence and Zoe Baker featuring an excerpt from Luigi Fabbri's "Life and Ideas of Malatesta."

Drama

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