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Director: |
Harmony Korine
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Starring: |
Diego Luna, Samantha Morton, Denis Lavant, Werner Herzog, Quentin Grosset, Rachel Korine, Joseph Morgan, Daniel Rovai, Richard Strange, Mal Whiteley, Alisa Grace Greaves, Britta Gartner, Leos Carax, Esme Creed-Miles, Jason Pennycooke, Anita Pallenberg, Melita Morgan, James Fox, Nigel Cooper
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Genres: |
Comedy, Drama, Indie-Arthouse Cinema, Cult Classics-Exploitation
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Origin: |
United Kingdom
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Certificate: |
M
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Languages: |
English,
French
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Running Time: |
112 min
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Hailed as an immediate cult classic upon its premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, MISTER LONELY is the latest brainchild of the sublimely demented & brilliantly controversial HARMONY KORINE.
In Paris, a sweet, shy Michael Jackson impersonator (DIEGO LUNA) is befriended by a Marilyn Monroe lookalike (SAMANTHA MORTON), who quickly convinces him to come back to her home in Scotland, a commune populated exclusively by celebrity impersonators. Nestled in an old seaside castle, the residents of the commune – Abe Lincoln, Madonna, Little Red Riding Hood, Sammy Davis, Jr., the Pope, the Queen and The Three Stooges, among others – are busy preparing for a grand debut performance in their newly built theatre.
Meanwhile, amongst an order of nuns in Latin America, a priest (legendary filmmaker WERNER HERZOG) discovers firsthand that miracles are possible...
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