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Implied Harmonies

Leaving August 31 • 29m

Directed by Hal Hartley • 2010 • United States
Starring Jordana Maurer, Hal Hartley, Louis Andriessen

Hal Hartley’s conscientious assistant in Berlin receives weekly letters from her boss and sends him the books he needs as he struggles in Amsterdam to stage Dutch composer Louis Andriessen’s opera “La commedia.”

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