Mary and Max
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Australia · 2009
1h 32m
Director Adam Elliot
Starring Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries
Genre Animation, Comedy, Drama
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In the mid-70's, a homely, friendless Australian girl of 8 picks a name out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him; she includes a chocolate bar. He writes back, with chocolate. Thus begins a 20-year correspondence. Will the two ever meet face to face?
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