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Mank (2020)

★ 6.7 · 1,774 ratings on TMDB
Mank poster★ 6.7

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.

DirectorDavid Fincher
CastAmanda Seyfried, Arliss Howard, Ferdinand Kingsley, Gary Oldman, Joseph Cross, Lily Collins
GenresDrama, History
The emergence reading

Mank keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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