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Getting Blood to flow

Getting Blood to flow

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By DQ
April 23, 2019

SCENE STEALERS
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Sophie Petzal, writer of Irish drama Blood, reflects on a pivotal scene in this psychological thriller about a woman who returns home to her estranged family following her mother’s death.

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