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American Pastoral is a american film of genre Drama directed by Fisher Stevens released in USA on 21 october 2016 with Mandy Patinkin
American Pastoral (2016)
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Add to a movie listAmerican Pastoral is an upcoming American crime-drama film directed by Ewan McGregor, making his directorial debut, and written by John Romano and Noah Haidle. It is based on the 1997's novel of the same name by Philip Roth. The film stars McGregor, Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Rupert Evans, and Valorie Curry. Principal photography began on September 21, 2015 in Pittsburgh.
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En 1996, lors de la 45e réunion de la promotion 1951 du lycée Weequahic à Newark, dans le New Jersey, l'écrivain Nathan Zuckerman rencontre l'un de ses anciens amis, Jerry Levov. Les deux hommes parlent du frère aîné de Jerry, Seymour Levov dit Le Suédois, ancien athlète de son lycée (promotion 1944), récemment décédé des suites d'une longue maladie et que Zuckerman admirait.Actors
Mandy Patinkin
Dakota Fanning
(Merry Levov)
Dan Hedaya
(Mendy Gurlik)
Jennifer Connelly
(Dawn Levov)
Ewan McGregor
(Swede Levov)
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