This Answering Service Takes No Messages(1979)
A man repaints his apartment. Through objects, photos, drawings he plunges back into his past. His future seems so dark that he ends up painting the whole apartment in black, including the windows, to absolute black.
Movie: This Answering Service Takes No Messages
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A man repaints his apartment. Through objects, photos, drawings he plunges back into his past. His future seems so dark that he ends up painting the whole apartment in black, including the windows, to absolute black.
Release Date
1979-06-13
Average
5.4
Rating:
2.7 startsTagline
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Français
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