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Landline (2017)

Landline poster
Directed by
Gillian Robespierre
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 33m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 98 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1990s New York City, two sisters suspect their father is having an affair. They team up to investigate while dealing with their own messy relationships.

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What happens

Landline is a 2017 American comedy film directed by Gillian Robespierre with a screenplay by Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm from a story by Robespierre, Holm and Tom Bean. The film stars Jenny Slate, Edie Falco, Abby Quinn, John Turturro, Jay Duplass and Finn Wittrock, and follows sisters in 1990s New York City who think their father is having an affair. It had its world premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2017, and was released by Amazon Studios on July 21, 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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