A Brush of Violence

When given the rare opportunity to capture images of an enigmatic famous painter, a photographer is forced to confront the limits she will go for her art.

Cast

Mia Sadek

as Akila

Yavor Vesselinov

as VIO

Garland Scott

as Abel

Sausan Machari

as Vaasefa

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