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He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001)

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand poster
Directed by
Richard Lowenstein
Genre
comedy film, melodrama
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
MA 15+
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 159 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man moves through a series of share houses in Australia. Each place brings strange roommates and odd situations.

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What happens

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand is a 2001 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Richard Lowenstein and starring Noah Taylor. The film draws on the 1994 memoir of the same name and consists of a series of vignettes from a young man's experience of sharing accommodation with a variety of characters. There is also a graphic adaptation of the novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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