Acts of Love
Acts of Love

Acts of Love

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2021
1h 11m
2.8(5 votes)
Documentary
Romance
Comedy

Overview

When his older boyfriend loses interest in him, the filmmaker relocates to Chicago and uses dating apps to cast new lovers in an amorphous project that his mother hates.

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