Movie: Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis

Top 10 Billed Cast

Féodor Atkine
Féodor Atkine

Excerpt Narrator (voice)

Baptiste Charvet
Baptiste Charvet

Man Silhouette

Roger Rosenblatt
Roger Rosenblatt

Self - Book Critic

Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis

Self - Writer

Jill Eisenstadt
Jill Eisenstadt

Self - Writer

Robert Asahina
Robert Asahina

Self - Book Editor

Jay McInerney
Jay McInerney

Self - Writer

Gary Fisketjon
Gary Fisketjon

Self - Book Editor

William Cahen
William Cahen

Self - Former Trader

Pierre Bayard
Pierre Bayard

Self - Literature Professor

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