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Las Vegas Meditation

Las Vegas Meditation

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Documentary

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Florent Tillon takes an anthropological lens to Las Vegas, Nevada. What he finds is some curious new species of Americana. (Dorothy Woodend, DOXA Documentary Film Festival)

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

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Release Date

09 May 2014

Country

France

Cast

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