Holy Lands | |
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Directed by | Amanda Sthers |
Screenplay by | Amanda Sthers |
Based on | Les Terres saintes by Amanda Sthers |
Produced by | Laurent Bacri Didier Lupfer Alain Pancrazi |
Starring | James Caan Tom Hollander Jonathan Rhys Meyers Rosanna Arquette Efrat Dor Patrick Bruel |
Cinematography | Regis Blondeau [1] |
Edited by | Nadia Ben Rachid [1] |
Music by | Grégoire Hetzel |
Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Countries | France Belgium |
Language | English |
Holy Lands is a 2017 French-Belgian comedy-drama film written and directed by Amanda Sthers and starring James Caan, Tom Hollander, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rosanna Arquette, Efrat Dor and Patrick Bruel. [2] [3] It is based on Sthers' novel Les Terres saintes. [1]
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