Mimesis
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MatureOngoing1h 30m
Last published Mon, Mar 11, 2019
Do we inspire art, or does art inspire us? One man asks the question, while the Other searches for the answer. This cat and mouse hardboiled noir follows Detective Cooper Gianopulos and Detective Sarah Reyes as they stumble onto a case that will be unlike any other they've solved. What will it cost them to find their criminal?
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