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Doo Wop (2004)

Doo Wop poster
Directed by
David Lanzmann
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man manages a band that features his former girlfriend while dealing with pressure from loan sharks he owes money to.

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What happens

Doo Wop is a 2004 French romantic drama film directed, produced and written by David Lanzmann. It won the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival for Award of Independent Cinema Owners, FIPRESCI Prize, and Special Prize of the Jury. The plot of the film is centered on the figure of a band manage who manages former girlfriend's band but struggles for his debt of the loan sharks. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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