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Clouds (2020)

★ 8.2 · 1,048 ratings on TMDB

Don't wait for tomorrow to live for today.

Clouds poster★ 8.2

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.

DirectorJustin Baldoni
CastDylan Everett, Fin Argus, Jason Mraz, Lil Rel Howery, Madison Iseman, Neve Campbell
GenresDrama, Music, Romance
The emergence reading

Clouds keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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