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1989 | DIRECTED BY CHANTAL AKERMAN

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy

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Movie Stats
Year
1989
Runtime
 92 minutes (1 hr 32 mins)
Certificates

PG

B

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Mark Amitin
Eszter Balint
Kirk Baltz
George Bartenieff
Billy Bastiani
Isha Manna Beck
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Last viewed:
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Total views:
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Release Dates
France release date
 France
4th October 1989
36 years 10 months 28 days ago
Denmark release date
 Denmark
4th March 1994
32 years 5 months 28 days ago
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Directed by
chantal akerman Chantal Akerman
Starring
Mark Amitin
Eszter Balint
Kirk Baltz
George Bartenieff
Billy Bastiani
Isha Manna Beck
Jacob Becker
Max Brandt
Maurice Brenner
David Buntzman
Istvan Balint(as Stephan Balint)
Marilyn Chris
Sharon Diskin
Carl Don
Dean Zeth JacksonTeitelbaum
Judith Malina
Irina V. Passmoore(as Irina Pasmur)
Joan Rosenfels
Herbert RubensMartin
Claudia Silver
James R. StoddardWall Street Man
Victor Talmadge
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News from around the web
Histoires d’Amérique: Food, Family, and Philosophy  The New Yorker Thu, 17th January 2019

American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy  movingimage.org Sun, 27th October 2024

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