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Friends is a suédois film of genre Drama directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson with Dennis Christopher
Friends (1987)
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Add to a movie listFriends is a 1988 Japanese-Swedish drama film directed by Kjell-Åke Andersson. Peter Mokrosinski won the award for Best Cinematography at the 24th Guldbagge Awards.
Actors
Dennis Christopher
(John)
Sven Wollter
(Zeb)
Stellan Skarsgård
(Matt)
Lena Olin
(Sue)
Helena Bergström
(Bonnie)
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