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Looking for Eileen (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 98 mins · English
- Directed by
- Rudolf van den Berg
- Starring
- Thom Hoffman, John Van Dreelen, Lysette Anthony, Tamar Baruch, Gary Whelan, Coby Timp
After his wife Marjan is killed in a car crash, Philip de Wit is devastated and, months later, returns to run his late wife's bookstore. A year later a Northern Irish mother named Eileen enters with her baby, and Philip is stunned to see she is the exact likeness of Marjan. Obsessed, he pursues her, only to learn others are also searching for Eileen.
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