I, Of Whom I Know Nothing
2014-01-01 · 80 min · ★ 5.0
John Calder, Samuel Beckett’s British publisher, moved to Montreuil, a town to the east of Paris, where Calder met with Billie Whitelaw, the muse, so to speak, of Beckett’s stage work, who is now relegated to a nursing home for actors.
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- Pablo Sigg
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- Mexico
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Oengus MacNamara
Peter Pacey
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