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TRYING

TRYING

A film by Emily Alpren

  • 2023
  • 7 mins
  • Comedy
  • United States
  • 2023
  • 7 mins
  • Comedy
  • United States
  • Friday
  • Block 5
  • 5:30 PM
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DIRECTED BY

Emily Alpren

WRITTEN BY

Abby Wathen, Emily Alpren

PRODUCED BY

Sara Mohazzebi

CAST

Abby Wathen, Michael Draper

SYNOPSIS

Trying is a modern comedic drama capturing a woman’s determination to conceive a child and the unspoken loneliness of trying to get pregnant.

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