Synopsis
A reflection on teenage love and illusion as a young couple break into an abandoned school.
- Programme: BBC HD Film Shorts
- Series: 2
- Episode: 2
- Channel: BBC HD
- Broadcast year: 2011
- Film Studies
Licence: ERA Licence required
Free to watch for UK schools, colleges and universities with an ERA Licence
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
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