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My Dinner with Andre (1981)

★ 7.5 · 470 ratings on TMDB
My Dinner with Andre poster★ 7.5

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

DirectorLouis Malle
CastAndre Gregory, Cindy Lou Adkins, Jean Lenauer, Roy Butler, Wallace Shawn
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

My Dinner with Andre 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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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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