A city-symphony
The documentary is a city-symphony focusing on the people of the city, their interrelations, their behavior, their habits, their relationship with the city and how all of the above were affected by the lockdown, the mandatory use of a mask, and the policing and surveillance.
Manolis Kizalas, Christofora Maria Ntoutsou
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