My Dinner with Andre

My Dinner with Andre

1981 · 112 min · EN · PG · 7.5 (492 votes)
Dir. Louis Malle · Starring Andre Gregory, Wallace Shawn, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler, Cindy Lou Adkins
DramaComedy

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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Two old friends dissect life, theater, and the human condition over a single, lingering meal. It's a cerebral, intimate, and deeply philosophical conversation that feels like eavesdropping on a profound exchange.

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