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Why (Not) Brazil?(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-09-15
39%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt an inadaptable best selling novel. Will she succeed or will the book adapt her in the process?
Languages: French.
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Movie: Why (Not) Brazil?
Top 10 Billed Cast
Elsa Zylberstein
la réalisatrice Laetitia Masson / Christine
Bernard Le Coq
Maurice Rey, le producteur
Pierre Arditi
le pédiatre
Laetitia Masson
Self
Daniel Auteuil
Self
Francis Huster
Self
Christine Angot
Self
Alain Sarde
Self
Marc Barbé
Louis, le mari / Pierre Louis
Benjamin Biolay
Self
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A film director, whose career is going downhill, reluctantly decides to adapt an inadaptable best selling novel. Will she succeed or will the book adapt her in the process?
Release Date
2004-09-15
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