new york city,intellectual,restaurant,conversation,disillusionment,nostalgic,manhattan, new york city

My Dinner with Andre (1981)

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One meal, two men.

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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Cast & Crew

Director
Louis Malle
  • Profile picture of Wallace Shawn
    Wallace "Wally" Shawn Wallace Shawn
  • Profile picture of Andre Gregory
    Andre Andre Gregory
  • Profile picture of Jean Lenauer
    Waiter Jean Lenauer

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Keywords

  • new york city
  • intellectual
  • restaurant
  • conversation
  • disillusionment
  • nostalgic
  • manhattan, new york city