Amateur
Accountancy, Murder, Amnesia, Torture, Ecstasy, Understanding, Redemption
1994 · 1h 45m · R
Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Hal Hartley
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Amateur
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Hal Hartley Director
- Isabelle Huppert as Isabelle
- Martin Donovan as Thomas Ludens
- Elina Löwensohn as Sofia Ludens
- Damian Young as Edward, Jaque's Accountant
- Chuck Montgomery as Jan, Jaque's Goon
- Dave Simonds as Kurt, Jaque's Goon
- Pamela Stewart as Officer Patsy Melville
- Erica Gimpel as Irate Woman
- Jan Leslie Harding as Waitress
- Terry Alexander as Frank, the Cook
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