Very Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind

Year: 1978

Runtime: 86 mins

Language: English

Directors: Mario Gariazzo, Gianfranco Baldanello

Comedy

Three socially awkward astronomy students, each infatuated with their alluring professor, devise a scheme to pose as extraterrestrials, hoping the outlandish ruse will persuade her to spend the night with them. Their plan spirals into a series of awkward, comedic attempts to win her affection.

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