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Bright Leaves is a film of genre Documentary directed by Ross McElwee with Patricia Neal

Bright Leaves (2004)

Bright Leaves
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Bright Leaves is a 2003 United States/United Kingdom documentary film by independent filmmaker Ross McElwee about the association his family had with the tobacco industry.
Bright Leaves had its world premiere at the prestigious 2003 Cannes Film Festival.

Synopsis

Ross McElwee retrouve sa Caroline du Nord natale pour remonter la piste fort romanesque de son histoire familiale. Il part sur les traces de son arrière-grand-père, riche propriétaire de plantation de tabac, ruiné par un concurrent trop habile.

Actors

Patricia Neal

(Self)Ross McElwee

(Himself - Narrator (voice))Gary Cooper

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