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City of Pirates(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-02-22
72%
41 Votes
Time: 1h 48m
Overview:
A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.
Languages: English, French, Spanish.
Countries:
France,
Portugal
ProductionCompanies:
Les Films du Passage
Metro Filmes
Movie: City of Pirates
Top 7 Billed Cast
Hugues Quester
Toby
Anne Alvaro
Isidore
Melvil Poupaud
Malo, l'enfant
André Engel
Le pêcheur
João Bénard da Costa
The Father
André Gomes
The policeman
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