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Echo Park

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1985 · 88 min Comedy Drama
5.0 / 10 · TMDB

In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.

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Year 1985
Country Austria, United States of America
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Robert Dornhelm
Runtime 88 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.0/10 (15 votes)

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The film constructs a gentle comedy from the clash between grand aspirations and humble realities. It explores the Hollywood myth through the daily lives of those on its fringes, painting a portrait of dreamers perpetually awaiting their break.

What lingers after viewing is a warm, nostalgic affection for its characters and their quietly persistent hopes in the face of LA's absurdities. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Robert Dornhelm

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