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Teacups

Teacups

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Teacups

2023

0h 7m

8.0(5 votes)

Animation

Overview

For almost half a century, Don Ritchie would approach people contemplating suicide at the edge of a cliff near his home. Teacups explores Don’s surreal interactions with hundreds of suicidal individuals and his journey to reconcile the suicide of his best friend.

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Hugo Weaving

Hugo Weaving

Don Ritchie

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Directed by: Alec Green
Finbar Watson
Written by: Finbar Watson
Alec Green
Produced by: Alan Holly
Alec Green

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