First Cousin Once Removed
Filmmaker Alan Berliner documents his first cousin, the poet-translator Edwin Honig, as he succumbs to Alzheimer’s.
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Genre: Documentary
Director: Alan Berliner
Actors: Edwin Honig
Country: United States of America
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