Hal Hartley

Hal Hartley

November 3, 1959 · 66 years old

Hal Hartley (born November 3, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and composer, who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and 1990s. He is best known for his films Trust, Amateur and Henry Fool, which are notable for deadpan humour and offbeat chara…

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Trust

Trust

1990 · 1h 47m · Movie

After being thrown out of her house, Maria encounters a married woman who complains of not having children. Maria ends up in an abandoned house, where she meets Matthew. When a baby is kidnapped Maria sets out to find the woman.

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Henry Fool

Henry Fool

1998 · 2h 17m · Movie

An introverted garbageman writes his thoughts in a notebook after Henry Fool, writer and ex-con, rents the basement and gives him a notebook and the idea. He writes poetry and Henry helps him along.

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Amateur

Amateur

1994 · 1h 45m · Movie

An amnesiac wakes up on an NYC alley. He meets Isabelle, an ex nun now erotic writer, at a diner and follows her home. She helps him find his identity. Then there's Sofia, the porn star.

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The Unbelievable Truth

The Unbelievable Truth

1990 · 1h 30m · Movie

A man returns to his home town after serving a prison sentence for homicide, and finds that the details of the crime have been forgotten and replaced with local legends and rumors.

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Fay Grim

Fay Grim

2007 · 1h 58m · Movie

Fay Grim heads to Paris in pursuit of her deceased husband's notebooks, which could contain information that compromises the security of the U.S. But she's not the only one who is after them, and she's forced into a life-changing ...

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Simple Men

Simple Men

1992 · 1h 45m · Movie

Dennis is a handsome & bookish college student. His brother, Bill, is a roughhewn ladies' man & thief. Together they search for their dad, confront their expectations of each other, themselves, & their attitudes towards women.

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Flirt

Flirt

1995 · 1h 25m · Movie

Three short films about lovers' ultimatums are set in New York, Berlin and Tokyo.

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The Book of Life

The Book of Life

1998 · 1h 3m · Movie

The end of the millenium has taken on a certain significance in modern day prophecies. What happens if Jesus Christ has second thoughts about the Apocalypse? It is December 31, 1999 and New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the...

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Ned Rifle

Ned Rifle

2015 · 1h 25m · Movie

Henry and Fay's son Ned sets out to find and kill his father for destroying his mother's life. But his aims are frustrated by the troublesome Susan, whose connection to Henry predates even his arrival in the lives of the Rifle fam...

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Adrienne

Adrienne

2021 · 1h 38m · Movie

As the muse of Hal Hartley's indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament.

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