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My Salinger Year (2020)

My Salinger Year poster
Directed by
Philippe Falardeau
Genre
drama film
Country
Ireland, Canada
Runtime
1h 41m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 201 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A young woman moves to New York in the 1990s to work as an assistant at a literary agency that represents the reclusive author J.D. Salinger. She navigates the challenges of the city, her job, and her own writing ambitions.

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What happens

My Salinger Year (also known as My New York Year) is a 2020 drama film written and directed by Philippe Falardeau, based upon the memoir of the same name by Joanna Rakoff. It stars Margaret Qualley, Sigourney Weaver, Douglas Booth, Seána Kerslake, Colm Feore and Brían F. O'Byrne. The film had its world premiere at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on February 20, 2020. It was released in Canada and the United States on March 5, 2021, by Mongrel Media and IFC Films, respectively, and in Ireland on May 21, 2021, by Vertigo Releasing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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