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MARTIN HALL admires a remarkable film that concentrates on the human impact of gender dysphoria
Sofia Otero in 20,000 Species of Bees, a role for which he became the first child actor to win Berlin's Silver Bear

20,000 Species of Bees (12A)
Directed by Urresola Solaguren

 

 

THIS is an impressive debut from Urresola Solguren. 

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