Amateur

Amateur

Accountancy, Murder, Amnesia, Torture, Ecstasy, Understanding, Redemption

1994 · 105 min · ★ 6.2 · Crime, Comedy, Drama

A man wakes up in an alley, bleeding and with no memory of who he is. He stumbles into a coffee shop and is befriended by a charitable ex-nun who is failing in her attempts to write marketable pornography.

Directed by Hal Hartley · Written by Hal Hartley

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