Dec 31, 1988
85 min
Full-HD

It's Impossible to Learn to Plow by Reading Books (1988)

A nameless young man travels the country by bus and train, visiting friends and making new ones, having banal conversations, and dedicating his existence to mundane activities.

Category

Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Detour Filmproduction

Richard Linklater

James Goodwin

Dan Kratochvil

Linda Finney

Tracy Crabtree

Linda Levine

Lisa Schiebold

Erin McAfee

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