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Cities of the Plain

6.3 average rating
6.3
French / 105 MIN. / 2000

The Genres

The Synopsis

The final film from expatriate American filmmaker Robert Kramer, who died in France in 1999. Kramer and collaborators tell the somber life story of Ben. After leaving his homeland as a youth, he is greeted in France by menial jobs in industry. In time, he opens a fruit market, finds a wife, fathers a child, and has it all come crashing down when he learns his mother is in danger back home. Upon his return to France, he finds his life in ruin.

The Cast

BenAmélie DesrumeauxBernard TroletNathalie SarlesLahcene AouitiErika Kramer

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