Wner for bt short at the 2002 Seattle Lbian and Gay Film Ftival, “The Visor” is a poignant character study of an agg gay wrer nontg loss. Barry Otto is extraordary as Michael, a wrer livg alone by the beach Sydney, Atralia. Michael was once very much love wh a surfer named Chris
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THE VISOR (CIBRâIL) – GAY FILM FROM BERL – STARRG: SAN HANCILI – ENG SERT – MARTA HSE – PETER BECK
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