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Unser allerbestes Jahr : Roman

By David Gilmour, Adelheid Zöfel

Format:Hardcover

It was a bad time for David Gilmour. His beloved, unhappy fifteen-year-old son was flunking every subject at school. So David offered an unconventional his son could drop out - not work, not pay rent - but there was a catch. He had to watch three movies a week of his father's choosing.Together they formed the Film week by week, side by side, father and son watched the world's best (and occasionally worst) films - from "True Romance" to "Chungking Express," "A Hard Day's Night" to "Rosemary's Baby," from "La Dolce Vita" to "Showgirls." The films got them talking - about girls, music, heartbreak, work, drugs, love, friendship - and opened doors to a teenager's interior life at a time when a parent is normally shut out. As the Film Club moved toward its bittersweet (but inevitable) conclusion, the young man made a decision that surprised even his father...

Literary & Contemporary Fiction
253 pagesHardcover
First published 2009-01-01

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