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Local Color (2006)

Local Color poster
Directed by
George Gallo
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man becomes an apprentice to a cranky older painter in the 1970s. They form a bond as the boy learns about art and life.

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What happens

Local Color is a 2006 American drama film, written and directed by George Gallo and starring Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ray Liotta and Trevor Morgan in the lead role. It is based on the director/writer's experience when he was 18. The character of Nicholai Seroff was based on George Cherepov, to whom Gallo had been an apprentice in the 1970s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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