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CUDDLE BUDDY

Max Barbakow · USA · Drama / Dramedy · 10 min · 2.1M views
From the director of Palm Springs

Directed by Max Barbakow · Starring Diana Irvine, Izzy Shill · 2017

A woman hires a professional cuddler, and a session of paid, platonic closeness becomes a quietly revealing encounter between two strangers.

A quietly awkward, humane look at loneliness and paid intimacy from Max Barbakow, director of Palm Springs.

A woman hires a cuddler.

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