Faux Amis
Is this a kind of twisted, unconscious attempt to return to that utopic lens we were once engaged with so intuitively?
Eleven-year-old friends Sam and Lucas embark on a quest to find "magical mushrooms", upon overhearing their uncle talk about the psychedelic wonders of the drug of the same name.Venturing through imagined forests and caves, they encounter a series of obstacles including a red-cloaked bogeyman.After finding the mushrooms in all their ethereality, they return home to a surreal twist: bright red toadstools seemingly growing from the floorboards.
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Eleven-year-old friends Sam and Lucas embark on a quest to find "magical mushrooms", upon overhearing their uncle talk about the psychedelic wonders of the drug of the same name. Venturing through imagined forests and caves, they encounter a series of obstacles including a red-cloaked bogeyman. After finding the mushrooms in all their ethereality, they return home to a surreal twist: bright red toadstools seemingly growing from the floorboards.
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- Release date
- Jan 1, 2025
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- Language
- English
- Country
- Australia
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