I wasn’t told. I wasn’t told it would be so difficult to live together. To keep a family together. To maintain love and happiness. I wasn’t told, and if someone had told me I wouldn’t have listened. I chose to live with my camera in my hand, filming the trajectory of feelings, from the golden age to the lost paradise, from being born to being reborn.
Les années claires is of 1 hour(s) and 16 minute(s). It is Produced By: . It was released on 2015-11-20.
Genres: Documentary
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