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Big Night (1996)

★ 7.0 · 277 ratings on TMDB

In love and life, one big night can change everything.

Big Night poster★ 7.0

Primo and Secondo, two immigrant brothers, pin their hopes on a banquet honoring Louis Prima to save their struggling restaurant.

DirectorCampbell Scott, Stanley Tucci
CastAllison Janney, Andre Belgrader, Caroline Aaron, Ian Holm, Isabella Rossellini, Larry Block
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Big Night keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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