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Wave (2017)

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A man wakes from a coma speaking a fully formed but unrecognizable language baffling linguistic experts from around the globe.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Benjamin Cleary
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    Narrator Jarvis Cocker
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    Frank Emmet Kirwan
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    Huldvar Danny Kehoe
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    Speech Therapist 1 Caoimhe O'Malley
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    Speech Therapist 2 Barry John Kinsella

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