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Released
1981 · FILM

My Dinner with Andre

Two estranged intellectuals reunite over dinner, each trying to convince the other that his own philosophy—spiritual transcendence or grounded humanism—is the true path, sparking a night‑long battle of ideas that could reshape their lives.

“One meal, two men.”

Directed by
Louis Malle
Written by
Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory
Rated
MPA · PG
Runtime
112 min
ComedyDrama
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

Two old friends meet for dinner, and as one shares anecdotes about his experiences, the other becomes increasingly aware of the differences in their worldviews.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 13

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Suzanne BaronShot by Jeri SopanenScored by Allen ShawnDesigned by David Mitchell

Box Office

1981 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$5.3M

Budget$475K
Worldwide gross$5.3M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Mein Essen mit Andréde
  • Mi cena con Andrées
  • My Dinner with Andréfr

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