Rifkin’s Festival

Oct 1, 2020

1h 32m

★ 6.1

A romance... but most of all, it's a mystery

Overview

The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and charm of Spain and the fantasy of movies. She has an affair with a brilliant French movie director, and he falls in love with a beautiful Spanish woman who lives there.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

Production Companies

The Mediapro Studio

Gravier Productions

Wildside

Perdido Productions

Rifkin’s Festival Trailers

Cast

Mort Rifkin

Wallace Shawn

Sue

Gina Gershon

Philippe

Louis Garrel

Jo Rojas

Elena Anaya

Tomás López

Enrique Arce

Jake

Steve Guttenberg

Death

Christoph Waltz

Paco

Sergi López

Gil Brenner

Douglas McGrath

Delores

Georgina Amorós

Mort's Father

Richard Kind

Mort's Mother

Nathalie Poza

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