Amateur
DirectorHal Hartley
“Accountancy, Murder, Amnesia, Torture, Ecstasy, Understanding, Redemption”
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.
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Amateur (1994) VHS Trailer
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Cast
Isabelle Huppert
Isabelle
Martin Donovan
Thomas Ludens
Elina Löwensohn
Sofia Ludens
Damian Young
Edward, Jaque's Accountant
Chuck Montgomery
Jan, Jaque's Goon
Dave Simonds
Kurt, Jaque's Goon
Pamela Stewart
Officer Patsy Melville
Erica Gimpel
Irate Woman
Jan Leslie Harding
Waitress
Terry Alexander
Frank, the Cook
Holt McCallany
Usher
Hugh Palmer
Warren
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