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A Complete Unknown

2024 · Drama · James Mangold · 2h 21m

A nineteen-year-old with a guitar arrives in New York in 1961 and talks his way into the folk clubs of Greenwich Village. Songs played end to end, and a lot of people arguing about them.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly character-driven

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