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$9.99 (2008)

$9.99 poster
Directed by
Tatia Rosenthal
Genre
drama film
Country
Israel, Australia
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 97 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a rundown apartment building, a man buys a book that claims to answer the meaning of life for nine dollars and ninety nine cents. The story follows several residents as they deal with their daily frustrations and small hopes.

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What happens

$9.99 is a 2008 Australian adult stop-motion animated drama film written and directed by Tatia Rosenthal, with the screenplay by Etgar Keret. The film marks the third collaboration between Rosenthal and Keret. It features a voice cast of Geoffrey Rush, Samuel Johnson, Anthony LaPaglia, Joel Edgerton, Ben Mendelsohn and Claudia Karvan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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