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WHAT IF

2019-01-01 · 7 min · Not rated

Drama

A series of processes weave a dragnet, covering the lives of animals, and also trapped in the future of human beings. If we exchange identities with animals, will you choose to suffer or fight?

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Li Han
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China
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