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Gladius - ESMA 2020
2020 · 7 min · No dialogue
A vineyard worker in antiquity can't outrun the gladiator he used to be, and the arena finds him again whether he wants it or not. Seven minutes staged like a sword-and-sandal flashback colliding with a quiet harvest life.
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