My Dinner With Andre Apr 2026

The film is a "philosophical duel" between two distinct ways of living:

: Though it feels improvised, the film was meticulously scripted and filmed over two weeks on a set designed to look like the Cafe des Artistes . 🎭 Two Clashing Worldviews My Dinner with Andre

: Wallace "Wally" Shawn (a struggling playwright) and André Gregory (an avant-garde theater director) play fictionalized versions of themselves. The film is a "philosophical duel" between two

: Wally reluctantly meets André, whom he hasn't seen in years and who has allegedly "lost his mind" after a series of bizarre global adventures. Directed by Louis Malle in 1981, My Dinner

Directed by Louis Malle in 1981, My Dinner with André is a landmark of minimalist cinema that consists almost entirely of a single conversation between two old friends at a Manhattan restaurant. 🍽️ The Setup