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John Merizalde · USA · Drama / Thriller · 14 min · 393K views

Directed by John Merizalde · Starring Meredith Adelaide, Bloom Li, Théodore Pellerin · 2018

After countless failed attempts to find love, lonely Sam turns to an anonymous online community of self-described involuntary celibates for help, and finds himself pulled steadily toward extremism.

A timely, uncomfortable look at how loneliness can curdle into extremism inside anonymous online communities.

When his countless efforts to find love fail, Sam turns to an anonymous online community of the “involuntarily celibate” for help, but instead finds himself increasingly pushed towards extremism.

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