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Diggers (2006)

Diggers poster
Directed by
Katherine Dieckmann
Genre
coming-of-age film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1976 on Long Island, four friends make a living digging for clams. They deal with work, relationships, and the changes of adulthood.

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What happens

Diggers is an American film directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who work as clam diggers in West Islip, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, in 1976. The movie was written by Ken Marino, who also stars. His father worked as a clam digger, in Moriches, New York. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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