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The Dying Gaul (2005)

The Dying Gaul (2005)

95 minutes EN Drama
Woe to him who seeks to please rather than appall
A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.
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