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The Inner Life of Martin Frost (2007)

The Inner Life of Martin Frost poster
Directed by
Paul Auster
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, romance film, mystery film
Country
France, Portugal, United States, Spain
Runtime
1h 34m
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A novelist finishes his latest book and retreats to a friend's empty country house for solitude. He encounters an enigmatic woman who sparks an unexpected creative and personal journey.

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What happens

The Inner Life of Martin Frost is a 2007 American romantic-mystery drama film written and directed by Paul Auster and starring David Thewlis, Irène Jacob, and Michael Imperioli. The film is about an author who having just completed his fourth novel travels to his friends' vacant country house to spend a few weeks alone. There he meets a beautiful and mysterious woman who inspires him to write a new story. Filmed in Azenhas do Mar in Sintra, Portugal in the spring of 2006, The Inner Life of Martin Frost is Auster's second film as director and fourth as writer. The film premiered at the New Directors/New Films Festival on March 21, 2007, and was released in the United States on September 7, 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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