Possible Worlds (2000)

Director
Robert Lepage

Main cast
Tom McCamus; Tilda Swinton; Shaun McCann; Gabriel Gascon; Griffith Brewer

Genres
Mystery, Sci-Fi, Drama

Description
The same man lives out several parallel lives in different "worlds" and in different relationships at the same time.


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