Amateur
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hal Hartley
Isabelle Huppert
Martin Donovan
Elina L÷wensohn
Damian Young
Chuck Montgomery
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Isabelle is a former nun trying to make a living writing pornography, who claims to be a nymphomaniac, although she has never had sex. She falls in love with Thomas, who is handsome, sensitive, but unfortunately, suffering from amnesia. They soon realize Thomas's past is linked to Sofia, a once notorious porno star who is now seeking revenge. The offbeat cast of characters also includes Edward, a pornographer-turned-accountant who becomes a wild-haired psychotic after being electrocuted by a pair of cellular phone-obsessed hitman, a pair of spacey squatters, and finally, officer Patsy Melville, a hyper-sensitive policewoman who gets misty-eyed over every hard luck case that passes her desk.
Director
Hal Hartley
Cast
Isabelle Huppert
Martin Donovan
Elina L÷wensohn
Damian Young
Chuck Montgomery
David Simonds
Erica Gimpel
Jan Leslie Harding
Terry Alexander
Holt Mccallany
Hugh Palmer
Michael Imperioli
Angel Caban
Emmanuel Xuereb
Lennie Loftin
David Greenspan
Adria Tennor
Parker Posey
Dwight Ewell
Currie Graham
Jamie Harrold
Patricia Scanlon
James Mccauley
Benny Nieves
David Troup
Tim Blake Nelson
Marissa Copeland
Dael Orlandersmith
Michael Gaston
Paul Schulze
Pamela Holden Stewart
Crew
Alex Albanese
Robert Albertell
Joan Altman
David Appleson
Paul Arianas
Jennifer Baime
Kerry Barden
Erik Barnes
Bart Blaise
Susan Blume
Rich Breen
Meg Brennan
Jerome Brownstein
David Bryant
William Buckman
Steve Calalang
Sylvia Caminer
Paul Candrilli
Judy Chin
Judy Chin
Laurie Frederick Cohen
Eddy Collyns
Rick Colon
Robert Consentino
Fliss Coombs
Craig W Cooper
Nicole Corre
Mark Davis
Michael Dimitroff
David Doernberg
Marjorie Durand
Marjorie Durand
Rachel Elkind
Vincent Enche
Ed Feldman
David Filippi
Daniel S Fisher
Adam Flax
Jennifer Fox
Joey Garfield
David Gewertz
Jeanne L Gilliland
Christopher Goode
Judy Gorjanc
Rasheed Grate
Scott Gregoire
Eric Grotz
Billy Hahn
Terriel Ham
Steve Hamilton
Philip Harrison
Cary Hart
Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley
Hal Hartley
Linda Harvey
Lise Hayden
Tim Healy
Xavier Henselmann
Ian Hochberg
Abbey Hope
Ted Hope
Billy Hopkins
Joyce Hsieh
Carleen Hsu
Gregory Jacobs
Jocelyn Jansons
Drew Jiritano
Jon Mark Johnson
Christa Kelly
Eric Klein
Paul Koronkiewicz
Andy Kreutter
Allen Kupetsky
Cynthia Lamontagne
Sarah Lavery
Lindsay Law
Ernie Liberati
Susan Littenberg
Ricky Ludwig
Ian Macgregor
Lilene Mansell
Marina Marit
Yves Marmion
Brian P Maxwell
Kendall Mccarthy
James Mccauley
Jim Mccauley
Victoria Mcgarry
Stephen Mclaughlin
Scott Meek
Jake Myers
Robert Nassau
Phil Neilson
Karen Knesevitch Nichols
Paul Nickason
Kathryn Nixon
Kimberly Shane O'hara
Storn Peterson
Linda Phillips
Joyce Pierpoline
Neda Pourang
Ben Prayz
Allison Procacci
Jeff Pullman
Danya Reich
Steve Rosenzweig
Johnny Santiago
Andrew Saxe
James Schamus
Betsy Shankin
Andrea Sheets
Jeremy Slutskin
Suzanne Smith
Meema Spadola
Michael Spiller
Barry Stanton
Paul Stavrand
James Stephenson
Amanda Stern
Karen Stern
Irin Strauss
Joe Stubblefield
W Stubblefield
Trish Sullivan-rothberg
Amy Tapper
Jeffrey Taylor
Jeffrey Taylor
Adrienne Tien
Ginger Tougas
Tony Vitali
Rick Washburne
Alexandra Welker
Tobe West
Greg White
Dean Wilson
Scott Winig
Susan Wise
Perry Wolberger
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video December 5, 1995
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States September 1994
Released in United States November 1994
Released in United States 1995
Released in United States March 1995
Released in United States September 1996
Shown at New York Film Festival September 23 - October 9, 1994.
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 9-22, 1994.
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (in competition) November 11-20, 1994.
Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 25 - February 5, 1995.
Shown at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Media Conference in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 1995.
Began shooting July 28, 1993.
Completed shooting September 8, 1993.
Released in United States Spring April 7, 1995
Expanded Release in United States May 5, 1995
Expanded Release in United States May 12, 1995
Expanded Release in United States May 19, 1995
Released in United States on Video December 5, 1995
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 23 - October 9, 1994.)
Released in United States September 1994 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 9-22, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (in competition) November 11-20, 1994.)
Released in United States November 1994 (Shown at London Film Festival November 3-20, 1994.)
Released in United States 1995 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 25 - February 5, 1995.)
Winner of the Best Actor Award (Martin Donovan) at the 1994 Fort Lauderdale Film Festival.
Released in United States Spring April 7, 1995
Expanded Release in United States May 5, 1995
Expanded Release in United States May 12, 1995
Expanded Release in United States May 19, 1995
Released in United States March 1995 (Shown at South By Southwest (SXSW) Film & Media Conference in Austin, Texas March 10-18, 1995.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown in New York City (Anthology Film Archives) as part of program "Best of the Indies" September 5-15, 1996.)