Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

He rode the fast lane on the road to nowhere.

197098 min7.1 / 10

A melancholic character study of a drifting musician confronting the gap between his rebellious present and his cultured past, told with observational restraint and existential weight.

Robert Dupea spends his days doing various odd jobs, drinking and womanizing until an encounter with his sister makes him revisit his past.

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