The Art of Worldly Wisdom
Jun 07 1979
•1h 55m
•A compelling and revealing exploration of one person's psyche in crisis.... The film is a screen diary of a man in his early 30s afflicted with a life-threatening disease, a man confronting his own mortality.
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R. Bruce Elder
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