Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years prior in order to travel the world. Meeting at a posh Manhattan restaurant, the two share life stories, anecdotes and philosophical musings over the course of an evening meal.
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Intimate, contemplative, prestige and character-led.
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Andre GregoryAndre Gregory
- Wallace ShawnWallace Shawn
- Jean LenauerWaiter
- Roy ButlerBartender
- Cindy Lou AdkinsCoat-Check Girl (uncredited)
Crew
- Louis MalleDirector
- Wallace ShawnWriter
- Andre GregoryWriter
- Jeri SopanenDirector of Photography
- Suzanne BaronEditor
- George W. GeorgeProducer
- Beverly KarpProducer
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