A Woman Heats the Sauna
TIFF.24
Preceded by the short film Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash)
Estonia - 1979
69 minute
FOCUS Estonia
Preceded by the short film Sauna Day (dir. Anna Hints, Tushar Prakash)
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