A Hologram for the King
Apr 22 2016
•2h 37m
•Comedy, Drama
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.
Cast
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Tom Hanks
Alan Clay
Sarita Choudhury
Dr. Zahra Hakeem
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Hanne
Ben Whishaw
Dave
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