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The ballad of the sad café, Merchant Ivory Productions presents ; directed by Simon Callow ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay by Michael Hirst ; Merchant Ivory Productions in association with Film Four International

Label
The ballad of the sad café, Merchant Ivory Productions presents ; directed by Simon Callow ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay by Michael Hirst ; Merchant Ivory Productions in association with Film Four International
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
The ballad of the sad café
Oclc number
57457074
Responsibility statement
Merchant Ivory Productions presents ; directed by Simon Callow ; produced by Ismail Merchant ; screenplay by Michael Hirst ; Merchant Ivory Productions in association with Film Four International
Runtime
100
Series statement
The Merchant Ivory collection
Summary
Miss Amelia runs the town's only cafe and controls the locals through the careful distribution of her secretly brewed hooch. Her eccentric existence is threatened with the arrival of a dwarf who claims kinship and the reappearance of her rejected husband
Technique
live action
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