My Dinner with Andre

"One meal, two men."

Oct 11 1981 PG 1h 50m
Biography, Comedy, Drama

Wally, a struggling playwright and actor, reluctantly agrees to catch up with his old friend Andre, a theater director who disappeared several years prior in order to travel the world. Meeting at a posh Manhattan restaurant, the two share life stories, anecdotes and philosophical musings over the course of an evening meal.

Plot

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory, apparently playing themselves, share their lives over the course of an evening meal at a restaurant. Gregory, a theater director from New York, is the more talkative of the pair. He relates to Shawn his tales of dropping out, traveling around the world, and experiencing the variety of ways people live, such as a monk who could balance his entire weight on his fingertips. Shawn listens avidly, but questions the value of Gregory's seeming abandonment of the pragmatic aspects of life.

Written by

Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory

Directed by

Louis Malle

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Saga Productions Inc., The Andre Company

Languages

English

Awards

2 wins total

Scores
# of Votes
27,866
Average Rating
7.7 out of 10
Metascore
83
Popularity
NA