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Amy George (2011)

Amy George (2011)

95 minutes EN Drama
Do you think you need to make love to be a true artist?
Thirteen-year-old Jesse wants to be an artist and believing that his mundane, middle-class life has left him unprepared, he sets out looking for wildness and women.
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