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Asia, always living in the moment, is looking for adventure. When she gets stranded at a petrol station along the motorway, it stirs her vivid imagination – inspired by famous movies.
For want of money for new petrol, Asia gets stranded at a highway petrol station. Driven by her passion for cinema, she embraces adventure and turns her new surroundings into the backdrop of her vivid fantasy. When Asia meets a truck driver who also has to spend the night at the service station, she gets in his cabin. But when he appears to be a reticent man who does not live up to her expectations, Asia is left behind disappointed – still looking for adventure.

Title: So I Stay
Year: 2019
Duration : 20 minutes
Category: Short Feature
Edition: NFF 2020

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