News from the Good Lord
Jun 12 1996
•2h 40m
•Comedy
When novelist Alessandro Battavia commits suicide, a taxi driver named Evangile and her brother Nord believe they are characters imagined in a novel, probably one written by God.
Cast
See allMarie Trintignant
Evangile
Maria de Medeiros
Karenine
Christian Charmetant
Nord
Jean Yanne
Dieu
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