Amateur

Aug 5, 1994

1h 45m

★ 6.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

UGC

American Playhouse

La Sept Cinéma

Channel Four Films

Zenith Entertainment

True Fiction Pictures

Amateur Trailers

Cast

Isabelle

Isabelle Huppert

Thomas Ludens

Martin Donovan

Sofia Ludens

Elina Löwensohn

Edward, Jaque's Accountant

Damian Young

Jan, Jaque's Goon

Chuck Montgomery

Kurt, Jaque's Goon

Dave Simonds

Officer Patsy Melville

Pamela Stewart

Irate Woman

Erica Gimpel

Waitress

Jan Leslie Harding

Frank, the Cook

Terry Alexander

Usher

Holt McCallany

Warren

Hugh Palmer

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