

Perfect Roast Potatoes(2017)
A heartwarming film about spending Christmas with a corpse.
William comes to Los Angeles to celebrate Christmas only to find his mother has died, but his sister insists they still have Christmas dinner, corpse and all.
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William comes to Los Angeles to celebrate Christmas only to find his mother has died, but his sister insists they still have Christmas dinner, corpse and all.
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2017-05-05
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A heartwarming film about spending Christmas with a corpse.
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