Nô

Nô

★ 7.2IMDb Score
Released:1998-05-26
Duration:85 min
Country:Canada
Director:Robert Lepage
Actors:Anne-Marie Cadieux, Marie Gignac, Richard Fréchette, Alexis Martin, Éric Bernier
Production:In Extremis Images

Overview:

A Canadian actress phones her boyfriend from 1970s Japan to find him immersed in politics and terrorism.

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