Amateur

Amateur

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

1994•1h 45m•6.1/10

CrimeComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(103)

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.

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Production

UGC, American Playhouse, La Sept Cinéma, Channel Four Films, Zenith Entertainment, True Fiction Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle Huppert

Isabelle

Martin Donovan

Martin Donovan

Thomas Ludens

Elina Löwensohn

Elina Löwensohn

Sofia Ludens

Damian Young

Damian Young

Edward, Jaque's Accountant

Chuck Montgomery

Chuck Montgomery

Jan, Jaque's Goon

Dave Simonds

Kurt, Jaque's Goon

Pamela Stewart

Pamela Stewart

Officer Patsy Melville

Erica Gimpel

Erica Gimpel

Irate Woman

Jan Leslie Harding

Waitress

Terry Alexander

Terry Alexander

Frank, the Cook

Holt McCallany

Holt McCallany

Usher

Hugh Palmer

Warren

Michael Imperioli

Michael Imperioli

Doorman at Club

Angel Caban

Angel Caban

Detective

Emmanuel Xuereb

Emmanuel Xuereb

Bartender

Lennie Loftin

Lennie Loftin

Taxi Driver

David Greenspan

George , the Pornographer

Adria Tennor

Adria Tennor

Kid reading 'The Odyssey'

Parker Posey

Parker Posey

Girl Squatter

King Mustafa Obafemi

King Mustafa Obafemi

Boy Squatter

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