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Manners of Dying | |
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Directed by | Jeremy Peter Allen |
Screenplay by | Jeremy Peter Allen |
Story by | Yann Martel |
Produced by | Yves Fortin Gautam Hooja |
Starring | Roy Dupuis Serge Houde |
Cinematography | James Gray |
Edited by | Jeremy Peter Allen |
Music by | Éric Pfalzgraf |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
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