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A Master Builder (2013)

A Master Builder poster
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging architect struggles with his past choices and his legacy. He becomes entangled with a younger woman who challenges his sense of reality.

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What happens

A Master Builder is a 2013 American drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, based on Henrik Ibsen's 1892 play The Master Builder. The film was released in the United States in June 2014 and stars Wallace Shawn, Julie Hagerty, Lisa Joyce and André Gregory. The film is a production of the Ibsen play dealing with the relationship between an aging architect and a younger woman. The play originally premiered in 1893. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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