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Summary
A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 66Audiences 69GoodWatch 67
Tomatometer79%
Metascore53
Audience score85%
Letterboxd · 17 K ratings3.6/5
IMDb6.7
User score5.3
Running time
1 h 45 min
A typical length for crime movies
typical 106105Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries, rent or buy in 2 more
Released
1994
August 5, 1994
32 years ago
Genres
CrimeComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
France
United Kingdom- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 22 more32 people
- Isabelle HuppertIsabelle
- Martin DonovanThomas Ludens
- Elina LöwensohnSofia Ludens
- Damian YoungEdward, Jaque's Accountant
- Chuck MontgomeryJan, Jaque's Goon
- DSDave SimondsKurt, Jaque's Goon
- Pamela StewartOfficer Patsy Melville
- Erica GimpelIrate Woman
- Jan Leslie HardingWaitress
Terry AlexanderFrank, the Cook
Holt McCallanyUsher- HPHugh PalmerWarren
Michael ImperioliDoorman at Club
Angel CabanDetective
Emmanuel XuerebBartender
Lennie LoftinTaxi Driver- DGDavid GreenspanGeorge , the Pornographer
Adria TennorKid reading 'The Odyssey'
Parker PoseyGirl Squatter
King Mustafa ObafemiBoy Squatter
Currie GrahamVideo Store Clerk
Jamie HarroldPizza Guy- PSPatricia ScanlonYoung Irate Mother
James McCauleyPoliceman
Directing · 4
- Hal Hartley Director, Writer, Producer, Music
- Gregory Jacobs First Assistant Director
- Allen Kupetsky Second Assistant Director
- Robert C. Albertell Third Assistant Director
Production · 17
- Yves Marmion Executive Producer
- Jerome Brownstein Executive Producer
- Lindsay Law Executive Producer
- Scott Meek Executive Producer
- Ted Hope Producer
- Suzanne Smith Crowley Casting
Camera · 9
- Michael Spiller Director of Photography
- Paul Nickason Dolly Grip
- Leonard Freed Additional Still Photographer
- Danya Reich Second Assistant Camera
- Bart Blaise Second Assistant Camera
- Richard Ludwig Still Photographer
Editing · 3
- Steve Hamilton Editor
- Susan Littenberg Assistant Editor, Sound Editor
- Alex Albanese First Assistant Editor
Sound · 7
- Jeffrey Taylor Music
- Marko Costanzo Foley Artist
- Reilly Steele Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Jeff Pullman Sound Mixer
- Jeanne Gilliland Boom Operator
- Paul Koronkiewicz Boom Operator
Art · 10
- Steve Rosenzweig Production Design
- Linda Harvey Construction Coordinator
- Jennifer Baime Set Decoration
- Ginger Tougas Art Direction
- Constance Van Flandern Set Propsman
- Randall Balsmeyer Title Designer
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Alexandra Welker Costume Design
- Judy Chin Makeup Artist
- Kathryn Nixon Assistant Costume Designer
- Marina Marit Wardrobe Supervisor
- Marjorie Durand Key Makeup Artist
Lighting · 4
- Joe Stubblefield Electrician
- Frank Stubblefield Gaffer
- Richard Breen Best Boy Electric
- Linda Phillips Electrician
Other crew · 9
- Phil Neilson Stunt Coordinator
- Brian Maxwell Transportation Captain
- Susan Blume Scenic Artist
- Fliss Coombs Unit Publicist
- Roger Kass Legal Services
- Rick Washburn Weapons Master
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