Ortolan

Lies are like stars, they always come out.

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DramaThrillerHorror

On the night of their mother’s wake, three estranged sisters divide their childhood home over a pot of magic mushroom tea while a family secret boils to the surface. A story about the tenuousness of memory, buried trauma, food... and psychedelics.

Released: Apr 21, 2023

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Top Cast

Victoria Grove

Mother

Richard Rowden

Father

Pippa Conway

Dorothy

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