My Talks with Dean Spanley

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-12-12

Languages:

English

Countries:

New Zealand, UK

Runtime:

100 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (2672 Reviews)

Director:

Toa Fraser

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Jeremy Northam Sam Neill Bryan Brown Peter O'Toole

Writer:

Lord Dunsany (book)

Alan Sharp

Fullplot:

Each Thursday, a man approaching middle age calls upon his father, aged, caustic, nihilistic, and emotionally distant, perhaps from the loss of a son in the Boer War and his wife soon after. On this day, the son suggests they attend a visiting guru's lecture on the transmigration of souls. There they chat with a vicar and a soldier of fortune; dinner follows. Over glasses of Hungarian Tokay, the vicar, Dean Spanley, tells a story of friendship, freedom, and reincarnation. In what earthly way could this tale connect father and son?

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