In "Trouver Frisson," Documentary Now! cooks up an able ode to Agnès Varda
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Cast
Helen Mirren (Self - Host)Fred Armisen (Allan Yaffa)Bill Hader (Clark Honus)Deb Hiett (Marge Middleton)Van Epperson (Roger Smoot)Gary Kraus (Detective Pettibone)Jon Spurney (John Spurney)Paula Pell (Patti Skrowaczeski)Rachael Perrell Fosket (Female Cult Member)Alexander Skarsgård (Rainer Wolz)Cate Blanchett (Alice)Owen Wilson (Father Ra-Shawbard)August Diehl (Dieter Daimler)Necar Zadegan (Ra-Sharir)Nicholas Braun (Kevin Butterman)Irving Azoff (Alvin Izoff)Cameron Crowe (Cameron Crowe)Paul Bright (Ra-Tembler)
Creators
Fred Armisen, Duffy Boudreau, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, Erik Kenward, Tamsin Rawady, Rhys Thomas, John Mulaney, Zach Kanin, Rob Klein, Matt Pacult, Tim Robinson, Madeleine Pron
Synopsis
"Documentary Now!" parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format.
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