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Starring Jodie Foster

Shadows and Fog

1h 25m

Directed by Woody Allen • 1991 • United States
Starring Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, Jodie Foster

Lensed in atmospheric monochrome chiaroscuro, Woody Allen’s absurdist homage to German expressionism (with dashes of Kafka and Ingmar Bergman), is one of the writer-director’s most offbeat experiments. Recruited by an inept mob of vigilantes, Kleinman (Allen), a cowardly clerk, is forced to search for a notorious murderer only to stumble upon a feisty sword-swallower, Irmy (Mia Farrow), running away from the circus. Determined to help Irmy, and eager to escape the vigilantes, Kleinman abandons his search for the killer . . . or so he thinks. Rushing headlong into the odious night, Kleinman and Irmy are launched into a mysterious world of shadows and fog from which they may never emerge.

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