But if Mr Ashdown's unexpectedly early departure persuades him to run, he might be in with a chance.

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Chang-wook has a date with his girlfriend, Mun-suk, and the writer-director persuades him to bring her along for the ride.

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Angelica persuades him to climb an enchanted cliff, searching for a magical elixir, and Orlando is trapped in a mysterious cavern.

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The two men conduct a kind of dance as Sizwe persuades Styles to help him adopt the identity of a dead man, so that he can gain employment in the neighbouring big city.

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During a brief stay in Brooklyn, Jake (Jake Rabinbach), a young Memphis musician (and native New Yorker), connects with Lucy (Shannon Esper), a young actress he persuades to come down South and pay him a visit.

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